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Kifueni Kadiabioko, 41, a child rapist who was roaming free for eight years after committing the crime was caught when the aunt of his victim spotted him on a train nearly eight years on.
The woman recognised Kadiabioko when he was chatting with friends on the train at London’s Euston station on February 12 this year.
He was wanted in connection with an attack on a 12 year old girl in Coventry in October 2004 and the aunt who had previously met the assailant at a church group, alerted the police.
And when the train pulled into the Northampton station officers then arrested Kadiabioko.
He was transferred to West Midlands Police station where the investigation was still live and presented with DNA evidence which had been safely stored since being recovered from the victim’s clothing.
Kadiabioko then admitted that he had raped the 12-year-old on three occasions, all after accosting her on the way home from school. The Coventry Crown Court today jailed him for 11 years and three months for each offence, to run concurrently.
His name would be on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.
The 33, year old Kadiabioko had befriended the victim’s family through a church group and abused their trust by taking advantage of the 12-year-old girl.
The attack had taken place when he pulled his car alongside her and beckoned her into the passenger seat on October 1 2004 despite her refusing he dragged her into the car and took her to a one bed room flat and assaulted her.
Detective Constable Deb McCord from Coventry Police said that Kadiabioko was only known to church members by a nickname and disappeared in October 2004, probably to Essex and London, fearing the girl had confided in her family.
Initially he denied any sexual activity took place but forensics evidence was kept on file from the time of the offence and compared against Kadiabioko’s DNA which returned a match.
Det McCord said that it was a fantastic spot by the victim’s auntie. She was swift in her actions and notified the police who liaised with British Transport Police and Northants Police to arrest him as the train pulled into Northampton.
He also commended the young girl who was vulnerable and terrified by the actions of Kadiabioko; she had showed extreme bravery in reporting it to police and remaining supportive of our investigation throughout.
Her resilience has been admirable and this outcome could not have been achieved without that support.