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shoplifting.Matthew Hapgood, 41, was nicked in Tesco pocketing £33-worth of beer and cider.

Slowthai, who last year pleaded not guilty after being accused of two counts of rape, has been delayed.The rapper, real name Tyron Frampton, faces two counts of raping a woman in Oxford on September 8, 2021. When he first appeared before Oxfordshire Magistrates Court last year (May 16), he was charged with oral and vaginal penetration of a woman without her consent.At the time, the rapper, who was withdrawn from various festival line-ups including Reading & Leeds and Glastonbury, took to social media to deny any wrongdoing.“Regarding the allegations being reported about me,” his post stated, “I categorically deny the charges.

READ MORE: Hilarious moment woman tries to beat drunk driving test by Irish folk dancingHapgood pleaded guilty to robbery, shoplifting, possession of a bladed article and criminal damage at Oxford Crown Court, and was sentenced to 34 months on Friday, August 26.Judge Ian Pringle QC said: “You have a lengthy history, no less than 31 previous convictions for 83 offences, all really to do with a drug or alcohol addiction which has been with you for most of your adult life.''Hapgood's lawyer, Ronan McCann, said his client’s problems were linked to a "long term addiction in relation to substances".Naturally, people on social media have dined out on the news. In a Facebook thread regarding the story, one user commented: "Assault with a deadly weapon?", while another wrote: "It must have been really windy that day, Hope no one lit a match, there might have been a gas explosion!"A third user stated: " Sometime you gotta use every weapon in your arsenal.