Nigerian Teenager Facing Life Imprisonment For Raping 11 Year Old Girl

A Nigerian teenager is facing a life sentence for raping an 11-year-old girl in a park as she made her way home from school.

Opemipo Jaji, 18, subjected her to a three-hour ordeal and threatened to stab her after she tried to run away.

He was found guilty of rape at the Old Bailey after the brave youngster gave evidence against him.

Jaji, of Edmonton, north London, had denied the offence despite traces of the girl’s blood being found on his clothes.

He had two previous convictions since the age of 16 involving an attack on a 12-year-old and for making indecent pictures of girls.

In November, he dragged the schoolgirl into Jubilee Park in Enfield, north London.

Scene of the horrific rape

 

He had spotted her in her school uniform as she joked and laughed with a friend on a bus. He followed her as she made her way home and attacked her in the park.

One of the girl’s gloves was stuffed in her mouth as Jaji launched his horrific attack.
She ran home after she was allowed to dress. Her parents were distraught when she turned up dirty and dishevelled, the court heard.

They had called police when she failed to arrive home by 5.30pm. The child was taken to hospital and underwent an operation for an injury.

She said: “He kept saying, ’Stop moving or I will stab you’. I tried to run away but then he grabbed me when I got to the pavement of the park entrance.

“I kept on saying ’stop’ because it was hurting me and he kept saying ’shut up’ to me. He was just saying it every time I spoke.

“When I was on the floor, he said he would film me and send it into my school. I was saying ’Get off me, get off me, stop’.”

Det Ch Insp Adam Lowe, of the Met’s Sapphire sex crime unit, said: “Jaji posed a great danger to young girls and despite the great weight of evidence against him, refused to accept his guilt and forced the victim to give evidence in court.

“This was a particularly brutal but unusual attack on an innocent 11-year-old schoolgirl who will no doubt continue to suffer the emotional scars of what happened to her for a very long time.
“I would like to take this opportunity to praise the bravery of the victim and her family.”
He will return to court in 2 weeks for sentencing.