Shaggy’s “Not Me” co-star dragged it into a £1m inheritance line after his dead man and murderous half-sister demanded a share of the legacy of his dead father

The singer paired with Shaggy as his iconic hit “It It Me” got caught in a fierce battle of succession, a half-sister who fought his father’s £1million fortune.

British jamaiCan singer Rickardo ‘Rik Rok’Ducent, 52, is engaging in a legal challenge with his half-sister Sarah Ducent, who claims his father left a portion of his legacy.

Herbert Duncent died in 2007 at the age of 63, and most of his legacy was given to his legacy Dorothy Duncent because he turned down his daughter Sarah, whom he had been “estranged” from – she denied it.

Herbert is an entrepreneur who has built a successful construction company in Jamaica and started a thriving bakery business at Coldharbour Lane in Brixton. His property consists of assets from London and Jamaica.

The legal battle in central London courts kept Sarah in touch with Dorothy, Rikrok’s mother, who had worked in the South London bakery business with Herbert and inherited his fortune after his death 18 years ago.

His British estate consists primarily of two neighboring properties in Peak Hill, Sydenham, and is worth approximately £900,000.

His Jamaican assets have not been quantified in British courts, but Sarah claims her father owns important real estate on the island.

Rik, whose name was Rickardo George Ducent, was formerly a party to the dispute and provided evidence in court to support his mother’s defense of his stepdaughter.

UK – Jamak singer Rickardo ‘Rik Rok’Ducent (52) is fighting his half-sister Sarah Ducent (right)

Herbert Duncent died in 2007 at the age of 63, and his legacy Dorothy Duncent (pictured) left him with a manor of over £900,000. Dorothy is Rik Rok’s mother

Herbert appointed his widow Dorothy as his main heir in a will drawn by Jamaica, cutting down on his daughter Sarah, who Rik claims has become “estranged.”

But Sarah said she is now living “bread online” and he has obtained “reasonable provisions” from his father’s property in court on terms that are in line with the terms of the 1975 estate law.

But if she is to succeed, Sarah must first overcome legal barriers to prove that her father was legally resident or “resident” in the UK at the time of his death, and her claim could be dismissed.

The key question for Judge Ann Evans-Gordon’s decision now is whether the British court has “jurisdiction” to handle the claims or whether it is purely a Jamaican issue.

Although Herbert died 18 years ago, the case filed by Sarah was detained for a number of factors, including delays in his original will and a previous British court dispute, which was based on Herbert’s failure to die.

Sarah’s barrister Oliver Ingham asked Rik in the witness box about his father’s life in Jamaica and the UK and his relationship with Sarah.

Rick noted that Herbert had multiple business projects in his life—including Brixton Bakery, who “turned into a profitable business.”

The lawyer asked him about the father-daughter relationship and suggested that Rick had little direct knowledge of what happened between the two.

The British estate consists primarily of two neighboring properties in Peak Hill in Sydenham, with a combined value of about £900,000 (pictured), while his Jamaican assets have not been quantified in the UK court.

But he insisted that he sometimes lived with Sarah in his childhood in Jamaica, adding: “My father and I were so close, so we talked about Sarah.”

“It is not true that she has become alienated from Herbert after leaving Jamaica plus the university, or she has cut off her relationship with him.”

Rick insisted: “That’s what he told me.

The singer said: “He faces her face to face on his next trip to the UK, and the argument that followed.”

“My father told me that she declared that she had nothing to do with him and he said, “You are sure that’s what you want because if we’re done, we’re done.”

Sarah insists that over the years she and her father have described him as “smart person” outside the court and said, “I reject any idea of ​​alienation.”

The Inheritance Act, which covered Sarah’s claim in 1975, only applies if “residence” in the UK, but her lawyer claimed that there was sufficient evidence that Herbert, though Jamaica, wanted to establish strong family relations and business interests in London.

He told the judge: “Sarah Ducent asserted that the late father, the late father, was resided in 2007 – or chose a residence.”

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“Her position is that the deceased spent a long time living in the UK, increasingly involved in businesses and investments in the UK, owning family members in the UK and possessing property in England.

“According to Sarah, Jamaica has effectively become a secondary residence for the deceased, mainly for occasional commercial inspections or leisure visits.”

He said Herbert’s death was registered in the UK in 2007 and only one year after he renewed his British passport, he showed that he had recognized the UK as his residence.

Herbert claims that the delay in Jamaica’s residential areas was delayed by nearly 17 years, indicating that “the position has changed driven by the lawsuit itself.”

He continued: “Sarah refuted the assertion that the deceased had permanently abandoned Britain after a stroke in 1997.”

In summary, the claimant wishes to invite the court to determine that, from the date of death, the deceased has obtained and retained the choices in England and Wales.

“The evidence presented shows that the substantial personal, financial and family relationships of the deceased were anchored primarily in England and Wales during the material period.”

But Dorothy’s barrister Jian Jun Liew dismissed Herbert’s idea of ​​”anchoring” himself to Britain in the next few years, focusing on moving his entire family back to Jamaica in 1983 after 20 years in London.

He said: “In 1983, Herbert’s entire family moved to Jamaica in perfect agreement, which was lost to any choice of England and Wales, as well as the choice of choice in Jamaica.”

Two days after the court, the judge retained her decision in this case.

In past interviews, Rik, who grew up in rural London and Jamaica, explained how his love for music was named his father as inspiration and “Big Reggae Fan” by hearing his parents sing.

He said he would never get tired of playing “not me”, which brought him a major life change.

“I was finally able to waste my life and waste my critics, and it also made my parents very proud,” he told Jamaican observer in 2023.

“I was able to travel the world and see what I would see, which is doubtful.

“Twenty years later, I’m still recognized [and] It is impossible to count the number of photos I took and the signatures I signed for the best strangers you have ever met. This allowed me to basically retire and to focus entirely on raising my beautiful family. Thanks forever.

Meanwhile, his sister Sarah said she now lives in poverty in London and any cash from her father’s legacy could change her life.

The former civil servant is now working to return to work and said outside the court: “I’ve been hurt in the whole thing and I’ve lost my entire family.

“My father passed away, but on the day he passed away, I don’t think I will end up in the heartache that I am today. I no longer have a stepmother.

“This money will have a big impact in my life and I’m now on the bread line.”

“Rik Rok” co-wrote the 2001 rankings Smash ‘Not Me,’ sang the master’s vocals on the track, played over 1 billion contests on Spotify, and was the UK’s best-selling single in 2001, selling more than 1.15 million that year.

In this song, Rik lamented that he had been caught in his girl’s “red hand” cheating, while Shaggy signaled some world’s advice, urging him to simply beg: “Not me.”

The hit song reached one in ten countries, and he carved Rik Rok’s name under the name of a solo artist, critics praised his “Dear” voice.