A Nigerian man, Abiola Tijani is to spend 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to r@ping a woman.
Abiola, of Cherry Street, Sheffield, was on Thursday, November 9, sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court to 12 years and three months, of which eight years and 3 months are custodial and four years are on licence.
The Court heard how, in the early hours of the morning on Saturday 29 July, Tijani followed the victim as she was walking home, where he repeatedly tried to engage in a conversation with her. The court then heard how Tijani gr@bbed the victim, pushing her against some railings before r@ping her.
Tijani was also handed a lifetime restraining order prohibiting him from any contact with the victim.
Passing sentence the Judge said, “No sentence I pass will undo the h@rm you caused or be considered adequate. What you did is every woman’s worst nightmare”.
Tijani pleaded guilty at Sheffield Crown Court on September 8 and was remanded.
