maniac news story from metro.co.uk:
A rising rapper plotted to murder his 15-year-old pregnant ex-girlfriend with the help of a fellow musician, a court heard.
Brandon Jolie, who recently recorded a track for sportswear giant Nike, allegedly schemed with Kingsley Ogundele.
The 19-year-olds then put the plan into action with 'cold-eyed and unnerving calculation' three weeks later, the jury was told.
Jolie, whose records under the name Maniac have featured in EastEnders and British film Adulthood, lured the 24-week pregnant girl to a secluded canal path in Islington, north London, in November, where Ogundele was lying in wait, the court heard.
Ogundele ran up behind her and smashed her over the head with a metal pole. He then pushed her into the water and held her head under.
Ogundele ran off when a passer-by saw what was happening and bravely intervened, the jury was told. Ogundele, of Romford, denies conspiracy to murder. Jolie is not before the court.
The trial at the Old Bailey continues.