Rapper cleared of teenager’s murder after four Old Bailey trials

Evening Standard · Stewart Carr ·

The family of 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne-Blake sat through four separate trials before the final defendant was formally acquitted of her murder

The family of 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne-Blake endured four Old Bailey trials before the final defendant was formally acquitted on Friday.

A rapper and his friend have been cleared of murdering a 17-year-old girl who was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Tottenham after four separate Old Bailey trials.

Tanesha Melbourne-Blake was killed as she stood chatting, dancing and socialising with friends in Chalgrove Road on the evening of April 2, 2018, when a car pulled up and shots were fired from a tinted window.

Read the full story at Evening Standard · All coverage of this story