Police praise victims of Aberdeen rapist
Bravery hailed by cops
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POLICE today praised the bravery of eight victims – one aged only 14 – who gave evidence at the trial of a predatory Aberdeen rapist.
It came as Ekene Anoliefo was been jailed for 12 years for the brutal rape of a 19-year-old.
The 34-year-old, originally from Nigeria but now living in Aberdeen, was also convicted of touching, approaching, or making sexual comments to seven other women and the teenager.
Grampian Police Det Sgt Neil Kennedy led an extensive investigation into Anoliefo, who has been told he will be deported when he finishes his sentence.
The officer commended the young women for their bravery in speaking out at the trial.
Det Sgt Kennedy said: “The witnesses in this case behaved with great courage after being traumatised by these crimes.
“They will take comfort from the fact he will be deported at the end of his sentence.”
The trial heard how last July 13, Anoliefo stopped his car, pretending to help a 19-year-old woman.
But once she was in the vehicle, he refused to let her leave and drove her to his flat where he forced her on to a bed and raped her.
On March 15 last year a 14-year-old schoolgirl was in Charles Street, Aberdeen, when Anoliefo came up to her and began making “inappropriate sexual remarks”.
The frightened girl was offered alcohol and drugs if she went home with him.
Sentencing, Lord Pentland labelled Anoliefo a “dangerous predator” and said his clear intention was rape.
