A Nigerian man that faked his sexual orientation and committed rape has been sentenced to a lengthy jail term.
A Nigerian asylum seeker who claimed to be gay but then r*ped a woman has been sentenced to serve five years in prison in the Republic of Ireland, according to the Independent.
Kenneth Udeh met the woman while she was on a night out and raped her after offering her a lift home. The rape stopped when a passer-by scared him away.
Udeh with an address at Coffee House Lane, Waterford, but originally from Nigeria pleaded guilty on the day of his trial at the Central Criminal Court to the rape of the woman in Waterford City on September 14th, 2014.
Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy noted the attack had a serious effect on the woman but also had to take into account that Udeh was a foreign national and had entered a guilty plea.
He imposed a five year sentence which he backdated to reflect the time Udeh has spent in custody. Judge McCarthy noted that the woman did not think Udeh should be allowed to remain in the country but said that was not a matter for the court to decide.
Udeh came to Ireland in 2009 and had applied for and been refused asylum twice. He is now appealing his position to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Garda Catriona Savage said that the first time Udeh applied for asylum he said he was a Christian coming from a Muslim country. The second time he claimed he was a homosexual coming from a Muslim country.
In a victim impact report read to the court the woman, who cannot be named, said Udeh “violated” and took “complete advantage of her”
She said she felt like she didn't want to live after the rape and that she had nothing to live for. It put severe pressure on her relationship with her partner and it was only through his patience and understanding that the relationship survived, she wrote.
The woman wrote that she felt Udeh has given all black men a bad name and that she was now afraid of black men. She said she won't get into a taxi now if the driver was black.
“I feel he shouldn't be allowed remain in the country,” the woman added in her statement.