Nigerian accused of rape in the UK, freed

A 26 year old Nigerian, Sam Obeghe, living and studying in the United Kingdom was on Wednesday discharged and acquitted by a Bolton Crown Court jury after he endured a 17-month long trial.

Obeghe was accused of rape after he had sex with a young woman who claimed that he had raped her while she was drunk.

According to the UK Telegraph, the accuser -referred to as Miss X in the story- had thought that Obeghe was another man, one Zack Garrigan (white male), till she ran her hand through his head and discovered that she was with the wrong person.

The UK Telegraph reports that the young woman told the court that: “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 was Sam. I was screaming ‘what are you doing’ 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.”

In his defense, Obeghe said “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 but she grabbed me saying ‘come on Zack’ then 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.”

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