Nigerian Man Living Illegally In Uk Jailed For Rape

Nigerian man Idreez Popoola living in Uk illegally has been jailed for rape. The 34 year old who was twice spared being deported from UK has been jailed for raping a woman in her own home just months after judges allowed him to stay in the country.

He should have been deported in 2006 after his temporary UK visa expired but he was allowed to continue living and working in Britain. In December 2011 he was arrested and was told he would have to return to his native Nigeria but he successfully appealed the ruling.

Judges granted the nightclub bouncer temporary leave to stay in January 2012 because he had a wife and child. On December 29 last year, he brutally attacked and raped a woman in her own home.

He was jailed for seven years at Northampton Crown Court on October 18 after he was found guilty of rape following a four day trial last month. Judge Tayton also told him he would be automatically deported back to Nigeria on his release from prison.

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