Nigerian, Ekene Anoliefo, has had his jail sentence for raping a woman in Aberdeen reduced from 12 years to nine, stv.tv reports.
Anoliefo, who was
branded “a dangerous predator” by a judge, succeeded in having his
prison term cut at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh on
Wednesday.
The 38-year-old rapist was jailed in May 2009 for the brutal rape of a 19-year-old woman in July 2008.
He was also convicted of
six breach of the peace charges and an assault charge – however, these
charges were later quashed by the Appeal Court in August 2012.
During his 2009 trial,
the High Court in Aberdeen heard how Anoliefo stopped his car,
pretending to help the teenager who had spent the night drinking with
pals in a nightclub.
Once she was inside the vehicle, he refused to let her leave and drove her to his flat in city’s Powis Place.
He then forced the
terrified teen to watch pornography which he had downloaded on his
computer before he forced her onto a bed, pinned her down, ripped off
her clothes and raped her.
The court heard that his victim had suffered lasting psychological damage as a result.
Anoliefo, came to
Scotland to study Software Engineering at Aberdeen University, was
hoping to start a career in the Nigerian oil industry.
Passing sentence, judge
Lord Pentland told Anoliefo, “You are, in my view, a dangerous predator
who has not the slightest respect for women.”
On Wednesday, Anoliefo’s
legal team succeeded in having his term for the rape charge cut by
three years. Defence solicitor advocate Simon Collins told appeal court
judges Lord Carloway, Lady Smith and Lord MacKay that the 12-year
sentence was imposed because his client had been convicted of rape,
assault and breach of the peace.
Collins told the court
that because the assault and breach of the peace convictions had been
quashed, the 12 year term was “excessive”.
Collins also said that Anoliefo was a first offender and that a more lenient sentence should be imposed.
The Appeal Court judges agreed with Collins and substituted the old term with the new one.
Anoliefo was told that he would be deported back to Nigeria upon his release from prison.
