So Solid Crew linked to latest Napa stabbing

TWO BRITISH men have been arrested in connection with a stabbing in Ayia Napa, police confirmed yesterday.

The two men, aged 22 and 24, were arrested yesterday after 23-year-old tourist Andrew Carvell was stabbed after an incident involving another group of Britons.

Carvell was walking on Ayias Mavris street at 6.30am with a group of three friends – two Irish holidaymakers and another British man – when a scuffle broke out. Carvell was stabbed in the fight.

The 23-year-old was treated at a private clinic for his injuries and released the same day. The three friends accompanying Carvell were also treated for cuts and bruises.

Reports suggest the suspects are Wesley Anderson Lambie, 24, and Clint Michael Ippoma, 22, who are members of controversial UK chart act So Solid Crew.

The stabbing is the second incident linked to the London-based group in as many days.

On Wednesday, So Solid’s publicist confirmed in a statement that 25-year-old Dwayne Vincent, who goes by the stage-name of Megaman, had been interviewed by police in Ayia Napa in connection with the stabbing of 18-year-old British garage star Dizzee Rascal.

The rising star, whose real name is Dylan Mills, was reportedly stabbed on Monday afternoon while on the island with his band Roll Deep Crew.

Vincent was arrested but released without charge. Police are still seeking two suspects in connection with Monday’s stabbing, which came just hours after So Solid arrived in Cyprus.

But Roll Deep’s Management Promoter, Milton Climax, yesterday told the Cyprus Mail that So Solid were not involved in Mills’ stabbing: “People were linking So Solid to it, but I can tell you that it wasn’t So Solid — I’m 100 per cent sure.”

So Solid’s Jason Phillips (aka G-Man) was imprisoned for four years in June for possession of a loaded gun while Fan Marcus Hall was killed after attending a garage night in Luton in 2001.

A London performance by the crew’s Lisa Maffia also ended in a fatal shooting in April 2002.

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