A security guard took a woman to a car park he was employed to patrol and raped her after she got into his vehicle believing it was her pre-booked taxi.
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Sola Austin Warikwah, 39, has been jailed for the attack, which took place
after the 25-year-old woman got into his car at Embankment, London early on 22
April 2019.
She
mistakenly thought it was cab booked to take her home. Instead, Warikwah drove
her to a multi-storey car park in Victoria where he r3ped her.
The building
was one of the sites he was patrolling in central London at night as part of
his job.
The woman
managed to send messages to a friend which said: “I’ve been r3ped. I feel sick.
This taxi won’t take me home. I’m scared.”
She managed
to escape the vehicle and take pictures of the r3pist, and police used CCTV,
phone and vehicle enquiries to identify Warikwah. He was arrested at his home
two days after the r3pe.
Warikah, of
St John’s, South East London, was jailed for seven years and given three years
on top of that to serve on licence at Southwark Crown Court on 17 December.
He was given
a s3xual harm prevention order and put on the s3x offenders register for life.
Detective Sergeant
John Paton, of Westminster Sapphire Team in the Safeguarding Unit, said: “Sola
Austin Warikwah is a predatory sex offender who targeted a vulnerable,
unsuspecting woman travelling alone.
“Due to the
courage and quick thinking of the victim, assistance from the public and the
veracity of the investigation, a dangerous offender has been placed where he is
no longer a threat to women.
“I sincerely
hope that the sentence handed down today encourages other victims of sexual
offences to come forward.”
The Met urged
anyone who has been the victim of a s3x crime to report it as soon as possible.
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