Birmingham rapper Lady Leshurr charged with assault

It's alleged to have happened on Saturday (October 22nd)

Author: Matt MaddrenPublished 24th Oct 2022

The Birmingham rapper Lady Leshurr has been charged with assault following an incident in east London.

Police were called out to reports of a fight in Knotts Green Mews in Walthamstow on Saturday at about 5.08am, Scotland Yard said.

Two women, both aged 27, were taken to hospital and have since been discharged, police said.

Leshurr, real name Melesha O'Garro, was charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Another woman was charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

They are both due to appear at London's Thames Magistrates' Court on Monday.

Hear all the latest news from across the West Midlands on the hour, every hour, on 103.1 and 97.2FM (Wolverhampton, Black Country and Shropshire), 96.4FM (Birmingham), 97 and 102.9FM (Coventry and Warwickshire), 97.6FM, 102.8FM and 96.7FM (Herefordshire and Worcestershire), DAB, at freeradio.co.uk, and on the Free Radio app.