A Court Sitting in Swansea has Sentenced a Nigerian Man Onyedika Oriaku 30’ on a Student Visa to 7 years Behind Bars for Raping a Woman in a Night Club toilet.
Onyedika Benedict Oriaku, aged 30, of Victoria Terrace, Brynmill, Swansea, had previously been convicted by a jury of one count of rape when he appeared in the dock for sentencing. He has no previous convictions. James Hartson, for Oriaku, said the defendant was a man of previously clean character who was a student in Swansea and had also been working in care sector.
Wales Online reported that the assault took place in the toilets of Fiction Nightclub in Swansea city centre, where Oriaku was caught on CCTV following the victim who was heavily intoxicated to the toilets. Oriaku then returned from the toilets to tell his friends about what had happened.
Oriaku and a group of other sunglass-wearing males were in the so-called VIP area of the club, and during the evening the defendant and a woman had been kissing.
The defendant later went back to the toilets with another friend to check on the victim, because according to him she had been “exhausted” after having sex with him. Him and his friend then left the bathroom after being kicked out by other women. The court heard.
Judge Geraint Walters told the defendant that having watched CCTV footage from the club and having seen him giving evidence in the dock he had come to conclusion that Oriaku “had a very high opinion of yourself, well beyond that which is deserved”. He said while the woman may have been “disinhibited” by alcohol that did not give the defendant “the right to decide where it all ended”, and he noted the student had then gone back to the friends and “gloated” about what he had done. The judge described the defendant’s account of why he returned to the toilets with another male as “fanciful beyond belief” and he described the return to the lavatories as “sinister”. Judge Walters described that Oriaku did in the toilets as “truly shameful” and he noted he had shown no remorse for his actions.
Oriaku was sentenced to seven years in prison, and must serve two-thirds of that period before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community. The defendant will be a registered sex offender for the rest of his life.