Rapper Wiley charged over alleged assault on ex-kickboxer

He is due to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court on September 13

Wiley has been charged with assault and burglary (Joe Giddens/PA)

Rapper Wiley has been charged with assault and burglary at the home of a former kickboxer.

The performer, whose real name is Richard Kylea Cowie Jr, is accused of breaking in to a flat in Forest Gate, east London, on August 28, smashing plates and assaulting Ali Jacko.