A Nigerian student was falsely accused of rape by a 21-year-old shop assistant who claimed she drunkenly thought she was having sex with his white friend, a court heard yesterday.

Sam Obeghe, 24, was having sex with the woman at his flat at the end of a drunken night out in Bolton, Greater Manchester, only to stop when she unexpectedly cried the name of his 22-year-old friend Zack Garrigan.

As he did so, the woman, who had earlier been having sex with Mr Garrigan at the flat in nearby Heaton, ran her fingers through Mr Obeghe’s hair and realised she was with the wrong man.

She stormed out in hysterics, her mother alerted police and within three hours of the encounter, University of Salford economics student Mr Obeghe was arrested in his pyjamas.

He was ordered to face court and endured a 17-month wait until a trial, but was unanimously acquitted of rape by a jury at Bolton Crown Court after just 27 minutes of deliberation.

During the trial the woman said the bedroom was ‘pitch black’ and she couldn’t see anything, despite Nigerian-born Mr Obeghe being of a different ethnicity and having various different features to white Mr Garrigan.

The incident occurred on December 5, 2014 when the woman had got drunk while out with a friend. The two women met Mr Obeghe and Mr Garrigan in the Vogue bar in Bolton and in the early hours of the morning the four of them plus another man went to the student’s flat.

Mr Obeghe, who had not been drinking, gave the party a lift in his BMW but once they got back the woman and Mr Garrigan began kissing and headed into the defendant’s bedroom for sex.

The woman said she and Mr Garrigan did not have intercourse and she fell asleep whilst 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.

She said: ‘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.’

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 and agreed to let the group 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 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.’

After the not guilty verdict Mr Obeghe, now 26, was too upset to comment, but 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:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3586478/Shop-assistant-falsely-accused-Nigerian-student-rape-claiming-drunkenly-thought-having-sex-white-friend.html

Sam You do serve a living God... beta thank him wella.

See how they wasted one year and some months of his life for nothing.

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Thank God, rape is a serious crime

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good to know he was innocent

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The headline need to be properly clarified. Who is the raper and who is the rapee?

women and their complications... that's how on February 31st last year I attended a friend's birthday and met this chick. mehn she set die! I drove the Coca-Cola bottle shape damsel in my Bentley to my apartment and and and.....



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very lucky chap.

a lot of other persons have died for same falsifications.

What protects a guy against a false rape accusation:

1. If you have heard rumors that the woman is in any manner unstable, leave her alone.
2. If the woman is high or intoxicated, don't even try for sex.. Call her a cab or take her home and then leave.
3. If you get any signs that the woman is insecure or unstable, end the evening as quickly as possible. Do not contact her again.
4. If she says "No", at any time, take her home or ask her to leave. Be willing to pay for a cab.
5. If you get mixed signals, either leave her home or tell her that you need to "get up early."
6. Women no longer play "hard to get." If an adult woman wants your sexual companionship, then she'll make it abundantly clear. If she does not, don't bother.
7. If she for some reason "jokes" about being forced, end the evening quickly. Be a "gentleman" about it and take her home. Do not contact her again.
8. Make certain that you are able to account for your time in the wake of a "bad date." Stop at a fast food restaurant, an all-night box store or a gas station. Pay with a credit/debit card and get a receipt.
9. If you get into any kind of dispute with a woman who you don't know or who you don't know well, end the argument and leave the scene. If she's a "regular" at the place, find another place to go for a few weeks or so.
10. If you get any type of odd or bad feelings, politely excuse yourself from her company and leave.
While women rarely make up false sexual assault claims (unfortunately, they don't have to) some might and will. The less time that you spend in the company of a troubled woman provides her with less of an opportunity to make up a story that could cause you no end of problems.

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you go confess.

End time accuser.

your mom must be a Prayer warrior..
foolish oyibo girl want to ruin someone's life your mom must be a Prayer warrior..
foolish oyibo girl want to ruin someone's life

tank God nothing happened to ma nigga! !!

Ok

Thank God

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No wonder, if to say na these people wey come from brown roof republic or dey carry tribal mark, I for say there was an error in the verdict and a retrial is needed because as regards that kain thing dey are masters in it especially for that UK.

My question is why the young man's face is splashed on the media after proving his innocent, but the woman who falsely accused him remains totally anonymous, and this happens time and time again. Women who falsely accuse men should not be allowed to retain their anonymity, perhaps then the spurious claims based on regret will start to dry up.

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Dayum!..i can relate

I am happy for him.

She is a very stvpid woman.