Jealous male model and aspiring rapper jailed for trying to run over love rival in his gold car
Rommel Alleyne, 25, known as RomeyRome, also armed himself with a metal pole and lay in wait for Thomas Church in a B&Q car park
A JEALOUS male model and aspiring rapper has been jailed for trying to run over a love rival in his gold car.
Rommel Alleyne, 25, flew into a rage after spotting Thomas Church hand in hand with a former girlfriend.
He then deliberately drove his customised gold Peugeot at him.
A court heard Mr Church leapt out of the way, but Alleyne then jumped out to confront him in the street.
Prosecutor Jason Howells said: "The two men then entered into a fight.
"Alleyne was punched to the floor three times but got back up each time. He got into his car and drove off at speed."
He parked in a nearby B&Q car park where he armed himself with a metal pole and waited for Mr Church to walk by.
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Alleyne, whose rap videos under the name RomeyRome see him glorifying drug use and gun violence, then hit him across the head with the pole before fleeing in his car.
Mr Church was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, where a 3cm wound to his head needed gluing together.
Alleyne, of Cwmbran, Gwent, pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding.
Hugh Wallace, defending, said Alleyne had "changed his ways" after learning his girlfriend is due to give birth to his second child in December.
Sentencing him to two years in prison, Judge Thomas Crowther said: "You approached the couple in your car and swerved towards them.
"There was then a fight which you comprehensively lost."
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