Oil and Gas engineer jailed for rape of Aberdeen student
Kufre Uwem was also convicted of intent to rape a second woman in her flat
An oil and gas engineer has been jailed for seven years for the rape of an 18-year-old student in Aberdeen.
Kufre Uwem, 34, of Stoneywood, Aberdeen, who was a sub-sea project engineer, detained the woman against her will in his flat and then removed her clothing and raped her
He was also convicted of intent to rape a second woman in her flat.
The offences were committed on October, 18, 2012 and October 30, 2016 at flats in Aberdeen, Uwem continues to protest his innocence.
Yesterday at the High Court in Glasgow judge Lord Arthurson told Uwem: “This was a course of violent and predatory sexual offending, notwithstanding the four years between the two offences.”
The court heard that Uwem's first victim was a first year student who Uwen mety by chance and invited her to his flat.
Once there he raped her. In a victim impact statement to the court the victim said that the rape had “a monumental impact on her life.”
Uwem's second victim was attacked in her own home. Uwem restrained her, removed her lower clothing with intent to rape her.
He stood with his head bowed as Lord Arthurson told him: “The consequences are truly catastrophic for you.”
Uwem , who has an MSc in pipe engineering, was placed on the sex offenders' register.