Akinwande Soji-Ojo
A Northampton Crown Court in the United Kingdom has found two Nigerians, Tosin Dada and Solomon Adebiyi, guilty of multiple rape charges.
The Northamptonshire Police disclosed this in a statement on its official Facebook page, on Tuesday.
According to Northamptonshire Police, Dada and Adebiyi were both charged with three counts of rape each in connection to a March 2022 incident.
The convicts, it was gathered, had claimed they had consensual sex with a 17-year-old girl, a claim the jury ruled against.
The jury found the duo guilty of the crimes and ordered their remand pending sentencing on October 25, 2024 at the same court.
“Tosin Dada, 34, previously of Knox Road, Wellingborough, and Solomon Adebiyi, 39, previously of Stanley Street, Northampton, were both charged with three counts of rape each in connection with the offence on March 12, 2022.
“Their nine-day trial at Northampton Crown Court ended last week with both men being found unanimously guilty by the jury on all charges after eight hours of deliberation.
“Both men were remanded into custody ahead of sentencing at Northampton Crown Court on October 25, 2024,” the ststement read.
