Drill rapper jailed for knife brawl

A drill rapper who took part in a mass knife fight between two warring gangs has been jailed for two years. Angelo Varela, 21, was in brawl on Finsbury Estate, Islington involving the Hackney-based Hoxton gang and Camden’s Easy Cash gang on 22 December last year. Hoxton gang member Valera uploads drill rap videos bragging about gang violence under the tag names ‘Dotty’ and ‘Shotgun,’ Blackfriars Crown Court heard. Barry Cheeseman, defending, said: ‘His mother is in court, she is…

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