Slowthai trial: Rapper cleared of raping fan after gig

Mr Frampton, of Wellingborough Highway, Northampton, was supported all through the trial at Oxford Crown Court docket by his spouse, the popstar Anne-Marie.

Defending Mr Frampton, Patrick Gibbs KC earlier advised the court docket that his shopper could be “cancelled for the remainder of time”, regardless of the end result of the trial.

In his closing remarks, Mr Gibbs stated Slowthai “wasn’t all people’s stereotype of a rapper”, including he was a “considerate” and “modest” man who “throws himself, generally recklessly, into life”.

“Even when he [Mr Frampton] is acquitted, it [the allegations] won’t go away him,” he added.

Choose Ian Pringle KC advised court docket that the case had “raised quite a lot of excessive emotions”.

Mr Blake-Walker, of Wallbutton Highway, south London, put his arm round his buddy because the pair have been advised they may stroll free from the the dock by Choose Pringle.

The lads’s family and friends cheered loudly outdoors the courtroom following the verdicts.