THE son of a prominent Nigerian politician has had his jail sentence for rape reduced from 12 years to nine.
Ekene Anoliefo succeeded in having his prison term cut at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh yesterday.
The 38-year-old was jailed in May 2009 for the brutal rape of a 19-year-old woman in Aberdeen in July 2008.
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