Keith Ogunsola, a 47-year-old Nigerian has been arraigned before a Croydon Crown Court for raping and sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl under the guise of giving her “extra science lesson.”
Mr.Ogunsola, a father-of-three had continually raped and intimidated the unamed teenager since 2001 and for a period of three years.
The scared teenage girl didn’t tell anyone because she believed no one would deem her words true against her teacher’s.
During the three-year secret affair he had carnal knowledge with the girl at different hotels, often travelling miles to carry out this sordid act, and also encouraged the teenager to wear skirts with no underwear when they met, so it was easier to have sex with her.
Records of booked stays at the Premier Inn and Hilton Hotel in Purley and the Croydon Hotel where he first took the virginity of the girl was used as exhibit against him in court.
Prosecutor Hanna Llewellyn-Waters also told the court that when the pupil told Nigerian-born Ogunsola she wanted a boyfriend he “ripped off her clothes and raped her again”.
At the end of the two-and-a-half-hours court sitting it also came to light that, Mr. Ogunsola had been in court for sexually harassing a student before. In 2008, he grabbed a 14-year-old pupil and stuck his tongue in her mouth while they were in his school office in Sutton.
The girl described her ordeal, saying: “He put his arms around my waist and said ‘do you want a kiss?’
“He pulled me close and put his tongue in my mouth. He was holding my wrists.”
He also asked girls in his chemistry class whether they had performed oral sex.
The court heard he had already been warned by the school’s headteacher about his conduct with female students before the assaults took place. Ogunsola was cleared of two sexual assaults at that school in 2000 and another sexual assault at a different school in 2006.
Despite this, he was spared jail because of his “weak heart”.
Ogunsola was told by the presiding judge: “You are going to prison for a very long time.”
The May 18 hearing ended with a jury finding the married father-of-three guilty of rape, indecent assault and engaging in sexual activity while in a position of trust.