A man who subjected his thirty seven year old victim to a prolonged and horrific ordeal when she was raped has been jailed
Ablolom Okbazge aged 27 of no fixed abode was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court yesterday to 9 years imprisonment and placed on the sex offenders register for life after being found guilty of rape.
The court heard how the 37-year-old had been socialising with friends in Wigan town centre, when she became separated from her friends and was alone whilst being drunk.
She was approached by Ablolom Okbazge and was taken down a side alley off King Street, Wigan, to a more secluded area off the main street.
She was then subjected to a prolonged and horrific ordeal, where she was raped by Okbazge.
The defendant was arrested at the Brittania Hotel in Standish the following day and was remanded in custody until his trial.
Detective Constable Ray Williams of GMP’s Wigan division said;
“This has been a very traumatic ordeal for the victim from the moment she was approached in the street and led into an alleyway by Ablolom Okbazge, right up to the present day. What Okbazge did that day is likely to affect the victim for the rest of her life and the trauma will not simply go away just because the court process has concluded.
“I would like to thank the victim for her resilience and bravery in reporting this incident to the police and giving us the opportunity to put a dangerous man in prison. I believe that because of her bravery, this has prevented the same thing happening to somebody else.
“It is my hope that the sentence handed to him today will provide both the victim and members of the community some comfort and reassurance that he will not be able to put another person through the same trauma that the victim experienced in the early hours of that day in December.
