Swedish Rapper Convicted of Murder

Swedish Rapper
Convicted of Murder

February 1, 2010
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LOS ANGELES – Swedish hip-hop artist David Moses Jassy was convicted today of second-degree murder in the 2008 road rage incident in Hollywood that left a pedestrian dead.

The Los Angeles Superior Court jury of seven women and five men deliberated a day-and-a-half before finding Jassy, 35, guilty of the Nov. 23, 2008, murder of John Osnes. The jury also found Jassy guilty of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and guilty of battery with serious bodily injury. The jury found him not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, a car, and not guilty of leaving the scene of an accident.

Deputy District Attorney Sarika Kapoor prosecuted the case. “This was a just verdict,” she said. “The attack in this case was brutal and unprovoked.”

Osnes, a 55-year-old jazz pianist, was crossing the street at Schrader Boulevard and Selma Avenue on foot when the rental SUV Jassy was driving stopped inside the crosswalk. Witnesses testified that when Osnes hit the hood of Jassy’s vehicle with his hands, Jassy got out and punched the victim in the face. As Osnes bent over to pick up his glasses, Jassy kicked him in the head.

Jassy then drove away despite attempts to stop him by witnesses, including an off-duty Anaheim police officer. His rental car drove over the victim’s body as he left, authorities said.

An autopsy revealed the victim sustained fatal injuries both from the kick to the head and being run over.

Jassy faces 15 years to life in prison when he is sentenced March 4 by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson.

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