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.
He was also convicted of six breach of the peace charges and an assault charge. However, these charges were quashed by the Appeal Court in August.
Anoliefo, whose father is a politician in a regional Nigerian Parliament, came to Scotland to study software engineering at Aberdeen University.
Yesterday, defence solicitor advocate Simon Collins told appeal court judges that Anoliefo was a first offender and that a more lenient sentence should be imposed.
Anoliefo will be deported back to Nigeria on his release.
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