A Nigerian-born student has been cleared of rape in the UK after a woman he had sex with claimed she thought he was a white guy.
According to UK Metro, Sam Obeghe, 24, had sex with the shop worker, 21, at his flat after a
night out. He stopped when she cried his friend Zack Garrigan’s name. She had earlier been with Mr Garrigan, who had since left the room.
She says she realised her mistake when she ran her fingers through
Mr Obeghe’s hair.
She left the flat and
reported Mr Obeghe for rape following the incident in December 2014 and
he faced a trial. However, a jury found him not guilty after just 27
minutes of deliberation
During the trial the woman said the bedroom was ‘pitch black’ and she
couldn’t see enough to distinguish between the two men, despite
Nigerian-born Mr Obeghe being of different ethnicity to Mr Garrigan, who
is white. The two men also have different features, builds and a different voice.
The incident occurred on December 5 2014 when the woman – known as
Miss X – had got drunk during a night out with a friend in Bolton town
centre. The two women met Mr Obeghe and Mr Garrigan in the Vogue bar and in
the early hours of the morning the four of them, plus another man went
to Mr Obeghe’s flat in the Heaton area of the town.
Mr Obeghe – who had not been drinking – gave the party a lift in his
BMW but once they got back Miss X and Mr Garrigan began kissing and
headed into the accused man’s bedroom for sex. The woman said she and Mr Garrigan did not have intercourse and she
fell asleep while he went into the lounge to try to find some Viagra
But she told the court she was subsequently woken by a man she thought was Mr Garrigan in the bed and they began having sex.
"I
was saying Zack’s name because I thought it was him I
was having sex with. The person hugging and kissing me didn’t feel any
different. I thought this was Zack, I called his name four or five
times. It
went on for a couple of minutes until I put my hands through his hair
and realised it was not Zack but Sam. I was screaming, “what are you
doing? and he ran out of the room. I was embarrassed and ran out. Zack
was asking what was wrong, I was just saying that I needed to get out.’
The woman later told her mother who called police. Mr Obeghe, who at the time worked for a fashion brand, said he had
met the woman while helping Mr Garrigan celebrate his birthday and he
had agreed to let them and the other friends go back to his flat at 5am.
"I could tell she was drunk – her and Zack were the same,’ he said.
‘Music was playing and they were kissing and then went into my bedroom. I
sat there thinking “what have I done?” bringing them back here because I
had work the next day.
‘I saw Zack coming out, first naked and I was saying, “come on I need to go to bed”.
‘I asked him, “Are you guys leaving?” but he was not really paying
attention to what I was saying and I said, “I’m going to go and get her
out”.
‘I walked into the bedroom, sat on the bed and started nudging the
woman saying, “go and meet Zack in the living room”. At first I lay
there thinking ‘finally I can go to bed’ but she grabbed me.
‘I was just thinking, “I didn’t really want to have sex with her”,
but I’m a human being and if you get touched like that you have a
motivation to move on. I figured she was probably very drunk. Then she
grabbed me saying, “come on Zack” and I realised “she’s thinking I’m
Zack” so I jumped off the bed and jumped out of the room.
‘I went into the living room and told Zack: “Man you will not believe
what she’s just done”. Zack was sort of laughing and then I saw her
storming out and she was screaming. I was in shock. I didn’t climb on
top of her and kiss her.’
After the not guilty verdict Mr Obeghe was too upset to comment. His
lawyer Sarah Johnson said:
"We are not suggesting this is a wicked woman
telling a wicked pack of lies – but she couldn’t remember everything
that happened in that bedroom. She’s not someone you can say is accurate
and reliable.
"She said the room was pitch black and she couldn’t see anything,
despite the defendant being of a different ethnicity, having different
features and a different voice. It was only when putting her hand
through his hair she put her head back and it’s that movement of her
head that allows her to see that it’s Sam and not Zack."
Source: Metro
31 comments:
Second chance...
Lmfao ... dunno I find this post extremely funny, this woman don kolo finish o,the Nigeria guy looks innocent free him jorr.
~glo rule your world~ cos I do•
Odiegwu
End time News.
You don enjoy am na.
If not rape na fraud if not fraud na cocaine if not cocaine na mistaken of having sex please yorubas who did this to u people and hausas na wan oh.
#sad indeed
Like seriously...?Thank God for his life still,oh boy you better repent oh #SecoundChanceThang
Too long but good for him
Why do I find this funny
Stupid white bitch..this is how dey ruin peoples future. Omoale
Signed
#LibBadBoy
Hmmm
Ooops...complicated one! But why have sex with someone drunk? You know for sure they ain't in their right senses? Shouldn't that be illegal?
Lucky chap
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Women!!!! They can demage and scatter your life in one second...hmmm Adam Johnson I no forget you oooh..
And how's dat his fault?
...merited happiness
Orishirishi
Crap
Lol. Na so one night stand for put our Nigerian guy in trouble o.
#LIB ADDICT#
Senator Ita Giwa would have castrated this man when he was first accused and later returned his manhood back.
Rape is bad but a lot of women who feel offended use it against innocent men.
if you cut off the manhood of this man, what will you tell him when he is found out to be innocent.
I have seen and heard of rape case that after few years of the men in jail, they were later released after they were found to be innocent.(what do you tell such a man after you have castrated him when convicted?)
Especially in Nigeria, when jungle justice is the order of the day.
Imagine!!
Another false accusation
Gud for him.
#FINEST
Nna thank your stars! Linda take note!
Hmmmm... #Lindatakenote
Don't hang out with oyibo people but Nigerians abroad nor dey hear word! Dem think say na to dey take pictures with White people mean say you dey jand or yankee. You have learned your lessons so now go in peace and stay away from white people. They are devils!!!
Stop blaming the white girl, what is a young boy sent to study in a foreign land doing with living such a life! How would he be sleeping with the girl his friend has just been with! This guy is very irresponsible and I am ashamed of him! He should thank his stars he did not end up in jail! I hope he has learnt his lessons!
Lucky boy
that yeye ugly girl she no enjoyed am ni even if he slept with her, idiot , anyway ore ni won.
many black men have gone to prison cos of wrong accusation of rape......
Thank goodness he wasn't sent to jail
Yes he is an irresponsible young man , why sleep with who your friend slept with few minutes before . Bringing shame to himself , parents and nigeria . Hissssss
Hmmm.... I'am not surprise that an Africa that understood is root...... Who got real people behind him that never sleeps.
Guy ma God save you
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