SNS GroupAn online dating scammer who caused a “scared” 15-year-old boy to flee his home in his boxer shorts after assaulting him has avoided jail.
Busayo Oladapo, 44, attacked the teenager who was in his care at the property in Glasgow’s Gorbals on June 24, 2025.
Oladapo was back in the dock at Glasgow Sheriff Court five years after being convicted of scamming vulnerable women on the internet.
Oladapo and then co-accused Sidney Ochouba used bogus names to con seven victims between 2014 and 2015.
The pair posed as men apparently stranded while working in Syria for the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The women had turned to the dating sites, including Plenty More Fish, looking for company.
One had described herself feeling “lonely” after her husband passed away.
Prosecutors said £35,000 was gained from the scam.
The duo were found guilty of being involved in the fraud as well as acquiring criminal property.
Ochouba – a former architecture graduate – was jailed for 30 months while toilet attendant Oladapo was sentenced to three years.
Oladapo was found guilty of his latest charges of assaulting the boy to his injury and behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.
Sheriff Helen McGinty ordered Oladapo to do 100 hours of unpaid work and put him under supervision for one year.
The trial previously heard that Oladapo woke the boy up during the night and took him down to the living room.
He ordered the teenager who was in his boxer shorts to kneel down and raise his arms while he faced a wall.
Prosecutor Amy Clyne said in her closing submission: “The boy recalled being slapped on the face with a slipper.
“He said on trying to block the third slap, he described Oladapo as being enraged at this and told him he was going to kill him.”
The boy was chased upstairs by Oladapo before he barricaded himself in a room with a hammer.
Oladapo was able to gain entry after he kicked the door in before the boy fled back downstairs, where he got rid of the hammer.
Oladapo continued to shout at him and cornered the boy.
Ms Clyne said: “He grabbed the boy with both hands on his neck then pushed him to the floor with a firm grip.
“He then described Oladapo putting his foot on his neck and applying pressure.”
The boy told the court in his evidence that he felt like he was “going dizzy”.
Miss Clyne stated: “He managed to get away, and he ran outside in his boxer shorts to hide behind a car.
“The boy said he was shocked and felt scared at the time.”
A woman told the court in her evidence that she saw the boy also being punched during the attack, which resulted in a nosebleed.
The boy suffered scratches to his skin as well as pain in his hip.
Oladapo, in his evidence, accepted asking the boy to kneel and hitting him on the face with a slipper.
He denied punching the boy and putting his foot on his neck.
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