Alan SimpsonA rapist who attacked a woman in her own home after she asked him to leave has been jailed for five years.
Innocent Megbolu, 37, was also made subject to a non harassment order banning him from communicating or approaching the woman for an indefinite period.
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 sex 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 raping 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 raped.”
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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