Rapper Slowthai bursts into tears as he's cleared of raping two women at house party
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Grammy-nominated rapper Slowthai burst into tears in court today as he was cleared of raping two women at a house party in September 2021.Jurors came back after more than ten hours of deliberation following a trial at Oxford Crown Court to return not guilty verdicts on three joint counts of rape against the 29-year-old musician, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, and his co-accused Alex Blake-Walker.Blake-Walker, 27, has also been cleared of one count of sexual assault. The jury returned the verdicts following a two-week trial during which it was alleged the two defendants assaulted two women in the early hours of September 8, 2021.
The musician burst into tears in the dock as jurors cleared him of three counts of rape. Judge Ian Pringle KC told the court this case has "raised a lot of high feelings". Relatives and friends of the accused, including Frampton’s wife Anne-Marie, sighed in relief as the verdicts were read out.
The Grammy-nominated musician, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, his co-accused Alex Blake-Walker, 27, stood trial at Oxford Crown Court last month, where the men denied three joint charges of rape against two women, while Blake-Walker was also charged with sexual assault.
Judge Ian Pringle KC summed up the case on Thursday morning after a two-week trial, before he asked jurors to retire and deliberate. Jurors heard during the trial that Frampton, 29, had performed at The Bullingdon music venue in Oxford on the evening of September 7 2021.
Following the gig, the two complainants went to Frampton’s tour bus before heading to their friend’s house for a party – with Frampton and Blake-Walker joining the group. Frampton, Blake-Walker, and the two complainants then went on to the roof of the property, where it is claimed that the rapes took place.
