A$AP Rocky: Swedish prosecutor will not appeal rapper's sentence

ASAP Rocky, pictured, and two of his friends were detained on July 3 in connection with a street brawl on June 30 and charged with assault causing actual bodily harm.
Rex Features
Charlotte Carter27 August 2019

A Swedish prosecutor says he will not appeal against the sentence handed to American rapper A$AP Rocky following an altercation in Stockholm.

The US star and his two bodyguards were found guilty of assault following a street brawl in the Swedish capital in June.

Daniel Suneson said the Stockholm District Court "has dismissed the plea of self-defence, something that I believe was important to clarify in this particular case".

A$AP Rocky - whose real name is Rakim Mayers - had pleaded self-defence and said he had tried to avoid a confrontation with two men, who he said were persistently following his entourage.

One of them picked a fight with a bodyguard, Mayers said during his trial.

On August 14, they were given "conditional sentences" for the assault convictions.

It means they will not serve prison time unless they commit a similar offence in Sweden again.

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