The Northampton Crown Court has found two Nigerian men guilty of multiple counts of raping a 17-year-old girl in the United Kingdom.
Northamptonshire Police disclosed this in a statement on its official Facebook page on Monday, obtained by PUNCH Online on Tuesday.
The suspects, Tosin Dada, 34, formerly of Knox Road, Wellingborough, and Solomon Ibukun Adebiyi, 39, previously of Stanley Street, Northampton, were both charged with three counts of rape.
The suspects initially claimed that their encounter with the victim had been consensual, but their defence was rejected after a 9-day trial.
The court has remanded both men into custody, with sentencing scheduled for October 25, 2024, at Northampton Crown Court.
The statement read, “Tosin Dada, 34, previously of Knox Road, Wellingborough, and Solomon Adebiyi, 39, previously of Stanley Street, Northampton, were both charged with three counts of rape each in connection with the offence on March 12, 2022.
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