So Solid man's 'gun chase'

A leading member of the garage band So Solid Crew was armed with a gun loaded with live ammunition as he was chased through the West End by police, a court heard today.

Jason Job Phillips, known as G Man, threw the gun onto rubbish bags before he was arrested, the jury at Southwark Crown Court was told. But at his home police found more ammunition on top of a cupboard in his bedroom.

The chase began after police suspected fellow band member, Shane Neil, known as Kish, of possible drug dealing on the corner of Cranbourne Street and Charing Cross Road. Phillips, 24, of Lambeth, has pleaded not guilty to possessing a Brocock pistol and seven modified 9mm cartridges without a certificate in November last year.

The case continues.