38 year old Nigerian man, Olaoluwa Ibrahim was yesterday July 28th
sentenced to jail by the Central Criminal Court in London for raping and
stealing from a woman he attacked in Central London in June last year.
UK's metropolitan police say Ibrahim's victim was on her way back from
an outing with her friends in Central London when he accosted her and
raped her.
After leaving her friends, the victim got on a bus
and decided to stop close to her house so she could take a short walk
home. As she walked, Ibrahim approached her from behind and tried to
engage her in conversation. She tried ignoring him by walking away but
he grabbed her and pushed her into a driveway where he forced her to the
floor and raped her, before stealing her phone and running from the
scene. The victim was able to make her way home and subsequently
contacted the police.
Officers were able to trace Ibrahim via extensive phone inquiries as he
had made a number of calls to the victim’s new phone following the
incident. When interrogated, he denied knowing the victim, saying his
DNA will not be found on her as he had not had sex with anyone. DNA
testing showed that his DNA matched the one found on the victim’s
clothing. He then changed his story, claiming to have had consensual sex
with the victim and denied stealing her phone.
The victim is now living in Australia and to save her the trauma of
having to return to the UK for the trial, officers traveled there and
provided specialist computer equipment which allowed her to give her evidence remotely via a live link to the court.
Ibrahim pleaded guilty to rape and theft. Delivering judgement, the
presiding judge ruled that after serving his prison term, he will be
deported back to Nigeria.
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