Bugzy Malone: Grime star who broke men's jaws found not guilty

Grime star Bugzy Malone has been cleared of unlawfully punching two men.

The rapper broke both the men's jaws with single blows after his partner told him three men had broken into their home on 9 September 2018.

The 30-year-old, whose real name is Aaron Davies, told Manchester Crown Court he drove to the house in Ramsbottom, near Bury, braced for a "volatile situation".

He was found not guilty of two counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm.

The Manchester-born rapper, who is now based in London, told the court he feared for the safety of his then girlfriend and his mother, who were inside the property.

The jury was told a friend also called him to say the house was "being done over".

He said as he approached the property, he saw his friend with two men in "what was clearly a confrontation".

He told the court he ran over and hit out with a "reflex" punch at one of the men and struck the other after he made a "sharp movement" in his direction with clenched fists.

The prosecution had argued he did not act in self-defence and had angrily struck out after wrongly believing the men were the intruders.

Jurors took less than four hours to clear him of both counts of unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.

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