Rapper gets 20 months

A teenage grime rapper caught with a sword in his waistband was locked up for 20 months. Matthew Ughelumba, 19, was found by police with the weapon in the Olympic Park area of Stratford, east London at 3am on 29 August this year. Shannon O’Connor, prosecuting, told the Old Bailey the rapper was a member of Newham’s WoodGrange gang. ‘Police were called following a report of an altercation. ‘The defendant was pointed out to officers. ‘He was pursued and eventually…

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