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A Ugandan rugby subordinate who claimed asylum successful Wales has been jailed for 4 and a fractional years aft raping a pistillate successful Cardiff.
Cardiff Crown Court heard however Philip Pariyo, 32, became adjacent friends with the pistillate involved, earlier helium attacked her successful a level successful the metropolis successful June 2021.
Pariyo had repeatedly denied raping the woman, but was recovered blameworthy of the offence successful December 2024.
He had represented his state successful Rugby Sevens successful the 2014 Commonwealth Games successful Glasgow earlier disappearing.
In a missive addressed to Judge Celia Hughes, helium said helium was "genuinely atrocious to those who suffered from my actions".
An interaction connection written by the pistillate was work to the court, successful which she described the semipermanent carnal and intelligence interaction the onslaught had had connected her.
"No 1 successful the satellite should spell done what I did, warring and begging for my life. It has near lasting impacts connected me, and has felt similar an unfastened coiled that I tin ne'er heal from.
"It's made maine consciousness dirty, numb and tainted. He invaded my assemblage by unit and branded maine from within. He became an unwanted portion of my assemblage that I can't get escaped of.
"No 1 should combat similar their beingness depends connected it for thing arsenic elemental arsenic consent."
Pariyo archetypal came to the UK successful 2014, erstwhile helium was portion of the Ugandan Rugby Sevens squad for the Commonwealth Games successful Glasgow.
He was 1 of 2 players who disappeared aft the Games, and the pursuing twelvemonth it emerged helium had moved to Cardiff.
There helium had claimed asylum and was playing for St Peter's Rugby Club successful Roath, earlier becoming a discarded absorption idiosyncratic for Cardiff Council.
Defending, John Ryan said Pariyo had claimed asylum connected the ground of being accused of being homosexual, and feared returning to Uganda, wherever it is amerciable to beryllium homosexual.
The tribunal heard that helium archetypal met the pistillate successful 2019 astatine a ceremonial successful Cardiff.
After that the brace became friends, and successful 2021 Pariyo and the pistillate stayed successful the metropolis with 2 different radical - including Pariyo's girlfriend, who was large astatine the time.
Judge Celia Hughes said that connected the nighttime of the attack, Pariyo had "badgered" the pistillate for sex, who successful crook refused.
He ignored the refusal, and raped her.
The tribunal heard however the brace went to a chemist the adjacent greeting to bargain the greeting aft pill, and Pariyo suggested buying condoms, implying helium wanted to person enactment with her aboriginal that day.
Sentencing, Judge Celia Hughes called it an "appalling onslaught and usurpation of a pistillate you called a friend".
She said his not blameworthy plea was successful the look of beardown grounds against him, and led to the pistillate having to relive the ordeal successful unfastened court.
"Someone with your carnal spot and who played astatine specified a precocious level successful your athletics should enactment arsenic a relation exemplary to others. But alternatively you manhandled this pistillate arsenic wholly arsenic you wished.
"You pleaded not blameworthy adjacent though you admitted having enactment successful your substance messages.
"She volition ne'er beryllium the aforesaid beardown assured pistillate she was earlier she came to Cardiff to spot you, due to the fact that of your intersexual greed."
Judge Celia Hughes besides said the condemnation would "adversely impact his asylum claim".
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