A Nigerian, Oluwadamilola Erogbogbo, 23, has been jailed in the UK for 15 months for sexually assaulting a woman while they were both at Cambridge University.
The convict, a former rugby player of the institution was found guilty of the charge which he denied at an earlier trial at Cambridge Crown Court.
During his trial the jury heard Erogbogbo, also known as Lola, and the woman had slept together before during Freshers’ Week in early October 2015.
However, the woman had ‘distanced herself from him’ after feeling ‘pressured’ during their second encounter.
Jurors heard that the pair had a ‘blazing row’ in a nightclub on November 5, 2015 before the woman returned to her accommodation with a friend.
Erogbogbo eventually followed her to her room ‘uninvited’ before he ‘completely undressed himself unprompted and pushed her on to the bed’.
The prosecution told jurors that he tried to kiss the woman and climbed on top of her but told him ‘No, please don’t’.
A friend of the woman heard her say ‘no, no, no, get off me’ and found Erogbogbo naked and on top of the woman.
Erogbogbo denied both charges of attempted rape and sexual assault and said he ‘did not touch the woman’.
The former student said he was upset the woman described him as a ‘rapist’ during the row at the nightclub, in reference to him having multiple sexual partners.
He said he went back to her room that night wanting an apology from her.
Judge David Farrell QC, sentencing, described Erogbogbo as ‘a very strong, 6ft rugby player’ who ‘easily overpowered’ his victim.
‘You went there despite being unwelcome,’ said Judge Farrell.
‘You persuaded another resident to let you into the accommodation and having entered the accommodation block you then went to her room, where you entered.
‘The door was unlocked. You continued to argue with her, you claiming that you wanted an apology from her.
‘However when that wasn’t forthcoming you removed all your clothing apart from possibly your underpants.
‘You removed her clothing on her bottom half then you got on top of her on the bed. You are a very strong 6ft rugby player. She was a petite woman.
‘You easily overpowered her and she obviously feared for the worst.
‘Fortunately you were disturbed by the arrival of her friends into the room, one of which prior to entering the room heard the victim shouting “no, please don’t” to you.
‘That act of her friends entering the room prevented any further assault.’
Erogbogbo was cleared of attempted rape at his earlier trial.
The 23-year-old, of Camden, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and a restraining order was made.
Culled from Daily Mail
