A 26-year-old Nigerian Rugby player based in the United Kingdom, Daniel Igbinedion has been sentenced to jail for subjecting his girlfriend to horrific abuse.
Judge Andrew Hatton sentenced the powerfully-built Igbinedion who had first met his girlfriend Katy when he became her personal trainer at her local gym, to three years and three months in jail.
On one occasion, she had dressed up for a Christmas party in Liverpool and Igbinedion had called her a “slag” so she had spent the rest of the night wearing a coat over her outfit.
“Others tried to persuade her to remove her coat but she kept it on because she was under your control,” said the judge.
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The court heard that, Igbinedion, who was arrested in December 2020, carried out the abuse between May 2018 and March 2020.
“About six months into our relationship he became physically violent, and showed me that he had a very evil side to him,” Katy said.
“He made threats which made me scared of what he would do to me and my family. He held me prisoner and followed me everywhere. He proposed to me and even promised that he would never harm me again – if I accepted a promise ring from him. I rejected his proposal and then, months later, he tried to kill me.”
The prosecutor said that Igbinedion, who was arrested in December 2020, carried out the abuse between May 2018 and March 2020.
