Mercston

Mercston
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Background information
Birth name	Aaron Marston
Also known as	Mercs
Origin	Bow (E3), London, UK

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Biography

Mercston is a grime MC from Bow E3, East London, and is part of the grime crew The Movement. He had success with the track 'Summertime', which was heavily rotated on Channel U.

Whilst promoting his recent release, Da End Of Da Beginning mix CD, Mercston has completed his second music video for the club banger 'Good Old Days', featuring Ghetto. He has been supported by radio stations such as Kiss 100, Choice FM and 1xtra.

On 6 October 2006, Mercston was sentenced to five years' imprisonment after being convicted of raping a 15-year old schoolgirl at a Prince's Trust concert, he was banned from working with children and ordered to sign the sex offenders register[1]. Throughout his trial and imprisonment there many claims that he was actually innocent of rape. Upon his release he put out a track call "The days events (The Real Story)" in which he admitted sexual involvement with the underage girl and also described the involvement of Ruff Squad's DJ Scholar who was cleared of rape at the trial.