How Nigerian postgraduate student, lured, r@ped teenager in UK | READ DETAILS
A Nigerian postgraduate student in the United Kingdom, Chiemeka Okoronta, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for ra-ping a 17-year-old girl in Bradford.
According to the BBC, Okoronta and the victim were passengers on a night bus that unexpectedly stopped in Morley while they both needed to get home to Bradford on March 25.
According to evidence presented at Bradford Crown Court on Monday, he offered to share a taxi to Bradford with the teenager, who had no means of getting home after her phone battery died.
Prosecutors said the vehicle instead went to Okoronta’s flat, where he lured the girl inside, locked her in a bathroom and rap-ed her.
The victim managed to flee after the ass-ault and used a passer-by’s phone to contact police.
Okoronta was convicted on multiple ra-pe counts and will also serve three additional years on extended licence and will be placed on the s-ex offenders register for life. The court heard he is likely to be deported to Nigeria after serving his sentence.
In a victim impact statement, the girl said the att-ack had caused flashbacks and nightmares, describing how the incident “turned my life upside down.”
She said, “This incident has turned my life upside down.
“I have flashbacks of what happened to me, I have nightmares – one minute I feel fine and the next minute it all comes back.”
Judge Sophie McKone called Okoronta a “dangerous se-xual predator” who deliberately isolated the teenager to assau-lt her.
The West Yorkshire Police commended the victim for reporting the incident immediately.
Det Con Sue Sutcliffe said, “I would like to commend the victim in this case for her immense bravery in coming forward straight away to report this horrific crime.
“I would urge anyone who has been the victim of a sex-ual offence, to please report it to us so we can take action.”
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