Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - A 37-year-old Nigerian man who attacked and r3ped a woman in her own home has been jailed for five years in Scotland.
Innocent Megbolu, was sentenced at the High Court in
Edinburg on October 6, 2025.
He was also made subject to a non-harassment order banning
him from communicating or approaching the woman for an indefinite period bail.
Megbolu, formerly of Craigmillar, in Edinburgh, grabbed hold
of the woman during the attack in her flat in the Leith area of the city
on August 21, 2023, after she earlier asked him to leave her
home.
A judge told the s3x attacker: “The degree of harm caused by
you in committing this crime must be considered as particularly high.”
Judge Alistair Watson said at the High Court in
Edinburgh: “Her evidence was she was crying and shouting and yet you continued
with your conduct.”
The judge said that he took into account that the offence
took place at the home of the victim where she was entitled to feel safe and be
safe.
Megbolu had denied r3ping the woman during an earlier trial
but was convicted of the attack by a jury.
An acquaintance of the victim told the court: “She told
me that he flipped her over – like a wrestling move.”
The woman was shaking and in shock after the assault by
Megbolu.
Another woman said she received a phone call from the victim
and added: “She said she had been r3ped.”
Defence counsel Jonathan Campbell said that Megbolu
understood that, given the serious nature of the offence, a custodial sentence
was “inevitable”.
He said that married, father-of-two Megbolu was a first
offender and was working in the care sector prior to the commission of the
crime.
Mr Campbell said: “His principal concern is for his family
and the impact the conviction will have on them."
The defence counsel said it was “highly likely” that
Megbolu would be deported at the end of his prison sentence.
Megbolu was placed on the sex offenders’ register
indefinitely following his sentencing.
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