A teenage woman has described the horror of being pulled into woodland and raped by a Nigerian migrant whose deportation had previously been blocked on human rights grounds.

Gift Oladele, 24, attacked the 19-year-old as she made her way home along a quiet footpath in Wrexham, Wales, following a night out on September 7 last year.

The young woman, who has chosen to remain anonymous, has now recalled that after the assault, Oladele told her: “I think you’ve had enough now. At least you have been raped by someone good-looking.”

Before the attack, Oladele had approached her and claimed he was heading in the same direction, offering to walk with her as she returned home.

But when they reached a secluded stretch of the route, he covered her mouth, dragged her into nearby woods and raped her.

Oladele was found guilty of rape and sexual assault in a Mold Crown Court trial in March.

When he carried out the attack, he was already on bail over another rape allegation in his home city of Manchester in November 2024.

He was also previously jailed in 2022 for a sexually motivated attack, and it has emerged he successfully fought against deportation to Nigeria on human rights grounds. 

Recalling the rape last September, the woman, now aged 20, said: ‘He was a lot bigger than I was – I tried pushing him away, but he overpowered me.

‘He was covering my mouth. I was trying to get his arm off me, but he wasn’t budging. That’s when he raped me violently.

‘He asked me if it was the first time I had been raped. Pictures of my family kept flashing in my head because I thought he was going to kill me.

‘My brain just switched into survival mode – it was weird. It was either I do what he says, and I get home to my mum, or he is going to kill me.

‘He hit me in the head six times, and my backside and his handprint were bruised on me.

‘When he finished, he turned around and said, “I think you’ve had enough now. At least you have been raped by someone good-looking”.’

Oladele threatened he would “find her” if she reported the rape, and threatened to take photographs and post them online.

But when she got home at about 3.30 am, she immediately told her parents, and the police were called.

She said: ‘I came in screaming, saying “mum”, and then I walked into their room and I went, ‘you need to ring the police’.

‘My mum said, “Why?” and I said, “I’ve just been raped,” and my mum ran to the toilet to be sick.

‘I felt numb. I was hysterical. My brain couldn’t figure out what had just happened. My dad called the police, and they came out in about 10 minutes.

‘I just kept pacing up and down our living room to calm myself. I was trying to be strong to tell the police what had happened.

‘My grandma always says “God turns the hardest battles to the strongest soldiers”, and I kept thinking that for myself.’

Oladele was arrested the next day at his cousin’s home in Wrexham.

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He had attempted to hide a mobile phone from officers, which later revealed searches for sexual attacks.

She said September was the ‘hardest month of her life’ and the impact of the rape caused her relationship to hit a breaking point.

The woman explained: ‘There were numerous times a day when I would be hysterically crying because I didn’t want to be here anymore.

‘I went to A&E because I couldn’t eat, and they said I ended up with an eating disorder.’

Oladele denied rape and sexual assault, claiming the victim had consented, but a jury found him guilty at Mold Crown Court in March.

At Caernarfon Crown Court on Thursday, April 30, he was sentenced to a total of 25 years, including 17 years in prison, with an extended licence period of eight years.

He was also handed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a restraining order to protect the victim for life.

Oladele, a Nigerian citizen born in Italy, entered the UK with a valid clearance lasting until 2014 but subsequently remained in the country unlawfully.

After his first prison sentence, Oladele was due to be deported, but successfully appealed the decision.

He challenged the decision, arguing that removal would breach his Article 8 rights to private and family life.

Although the Home Office maintained that deportation was justified, Oladele appealed to an immigration tribunal in June 2023.

The tribunal ruled in his favour, finding that deportation would be disproportionate.

According to the Manchester Evening News, the judge at the immigration tribunal in 2024 said the matter was ‘finely balanced’.

The judge added that the offence Oladele had committed was ‘very serious’ and that there was ‘a strong public interest in deporting and excluding foreign criminals, especially one who has committed a frightening and public assault’.

However, the fact that he would be ‘a complete outsider should he relocate to Nigeria’ and that he had a ‘developed private life having grown up in the United Kingdom’ outweighed the public interest in deporting him.

The Home Office made two appeals, both of which were rejected by the court.

The young woman’s mother said: ‘Where are my daughter’s rights? That’s what I want to know. She has the right to walk home after a night out without being raped.

‘He showed no remorse in court.’

Wrexham Chief Inspector Caroline Mullen-Hurst said: ‘Oladele is a dangerous predator who left a young woman fearing for her life as he subjected her to a disturbing and terrifying attack as she walked home following a night with her friends.

‘He demonstrated no remorse for his crimes after forcing her to relive the traumatic experience through a trial.

‘I would like to praise the dignity and courage she has shown throughout the investigation, and for her bravery in reporting this incident to us.’

A Home Office spokesman said: ‘This was a horrific case, and our thoughts are with the victim. It is only right that this criminal has received a lengthy prison sentence for his actions.

‘More than 70,000 illegal migrants and foreign criminals have been returned since this government took office, a 41 per cent increase. We will always seek to deport foreign criminals at the earliest possible opportunity.’

Victims of rape or sexual assault, recent or non-recent, can self-refer to The Bridge, a Sexual Assault Referral Centre, which is available 24/7 365 days a year, visit their website or call 0117 342 6999.

Young workers without college degrees are benefiting from one of the strongest labor markets they have seen in decades, with unemployment near historic lows, according to a Burning Glass Institute analysis cited by the Wall Street Journal.

The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday evening that the data points to a particularly resilient job market for 22- to 34-year-olds who do not hold a diploma from a college or university.

The unemployment rate for that group is now approaching some of the lowest levels recorded since 2003, a sharp contrast with the experience of similarly aged workers who earned college degrees, the analysis found:

At the same time that workers without degrees are enjoying unusually strong prospects, college graduates are facing one of their tougher job markets. The strain appears even greater for people with advanced degrees or credentials in areas such as science and technology.

The split marks a notable shift from long-running patterns in the U.S. economy. Much of the change reflects basic supply and demand: employers need more skilled trades workers, while retirements among older workers and reduced immigration have tightened the available labor pool.

Meanwhile, more Americans have college degrees than ever, just as artificial intelligence is doing more of the entry-level work companies typically hire young graduates for.

The report comes days after an extremely strong jobs report on Friday, with the United States adding 162,000 jobs in August with unemployment holding at 4.1 percent, the same rate as in July. The report blew past economists’ forecast of just 55,000 jobs and an uptick in unemployment to 4.2 percent.

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As – News Economics and Finance Editor John Carney reported:

The private sector added 127,000 jobs in August, far more than the 53,000 expected. The prior month’s gain of 30,000 was revised up to 71,000.

Manufacturing payrolls rose by 16,000, above the 5,000 estimated. The July estimate was revised up from a gain of 5,000 to a gain of 14,000. Durable goods added 15,000 jobs in August after adding 24,000 in July and 13,000 in June.

Construction added 22,000 following an 18,000 gain in July. Construction has been increasingly in demand thanks to a data center building spree.

Leisure and hospitality unexpectedly added 62,000 jobs after contracting in July and June. Retail services added a slight 1,400 and wholesale added 7,800. Transportation and warehousing added 5,000 and utilities 2,500.

The jobs numbers come after revisions to both the June and July numbers, which together accounted for an additional 55,000 jobs.

Kai Trump has offered a look inside her upscale two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment as she begins her freshman year at the University of Miami.

The 19-year-old, who joined the Florida university late last month and is a member of the women’s golf team, has been sharing her college experience with followers on her YouTube channel.

Rather than moving into a traditional dorm like many first-year students, Kai is settling into a polished off-campus-style home featuring a modern kitchen, an eye-catching fireplace, and her own private office space.

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In a video posted to her channel, she gave viewers a peek at her luxe living space, which featured a modern design and pristine new appliances.

She first showed off her open-plan kitchen with its expansive white countertop. 

Her refrigerator and appliances were built into the cabinetry for a minimalist look and the island unit was complemented by a row of metallic silver barstools and matching placemats.

Her living room had a large, cozy-looking white couch with wide seats, which she accessorized with gray throw pillows.

The rest of the living area boasted a white-and-gray patterned rug, a smaller white loveseat, a metallic gray coffee table and a flat-screen TV and console with a fake fireplace.

Kai’s bedroom was sleek and all-white, complete with a matching bedframe, sheets and shiny side table. 

She had made the second bedroom into a home office with a white desk, office chair and gray carpeting.

The office also featured another smaller, white couch and a plain wooden coffee table. 

Throughout the apartment, the college student made sure to add her own touches, including black-and-white art prints of the ski lifts in Aspen, Colorado, and a framed picture of her playing golf with her grandpa, President Donald Trump.

Kai said in the video: ‘I’m very, very lucky to have this, obviously as a freshman. I’m very lucky to have this apartment. It’s amazing.

‘I love it, it’s really nice coming home to no one, and after a long day on the golf course, it’s always nice to just chill here and do nothing.’

Her apartment tour comes just one week after she shared a vlog documenting her emotional final days at home and initial experience at school.

The teenager struggled with leaving her home in Jupiter, Florida, and was seen breaking down into tears while having to say goodbye to her family and friends.

She went on to show what the first week was like, as she ran from golf practice to athletic meetings to class.

At one point, her friend Emma came to visit. She brought Kai tons of frozen food, as the teenager claimed that she ‘hadn’t eaten in three days.’

‘It’s all pre-cooked so she doesn’t have to do anything crazy,’ Emma said.

‘She’s living off of diet sodas, so I got her fruit and prosciutto and we got her some pasta and bread and stuff, like basic foods.’

Kai’s first week at school only got worse when she announced in the vlog that she had come down with a bad case of strep throat and had to go back home to Jupiter for a few days.

‘I came all the way back to Jupiter because I was so sick I needed my mom to nurse me back to health.’

By the end of the video, she was back at school and spending time with her fellow golf team members.

Kai is the eldest daughter of Donald Trump Jr and his ex-wife, Vanessa Trump. The couple has five children together.

Nigel Farage has urged the government to outlaw face coverings across Britain following migrant boat demonstrations in Dover and Portsmouth, where hundreds of protesters concealed their identities.

The Reform UK leader branded masks and balaclavas a “menace,” arguing they are used to threaten and intimidate members of the public, regardless of whether they are worn by far-right groups or hard-left activists.

Farage said it would once have been “unimaginable” to see an ordinary person feel compelled to cross the street simply to avoid someone whose face was hidden.

His comments followed major disruption at Britain’s busiest ferry port on Saturday morning, when a large group of men dressed in black and wearing balaclavas brought traffic around Dover to a halt.

The anti-migrant protesters blocked routes in and out of the south coast port while chanting slogans including “stop the boats” and “enough is enough.”

And overnight on Sunday, official vehicles were damaged and police officers were injured during a stand-off with masked protesters in the Eastney area of Portsmouth after the passengers on a migrant boat were brought ashore.

Hard-Right organisation Patriot Platform – run by convicted attempted kidnapper Daniel Thomas – claimed responsibility for the demonstrations. 

Mr Farage told The Telegraph: ‘Now, I’m all for the protest – plenty to protest about – but seriously this is not the way to go about it. 

‘Let’s be clear, face coverings are a menace. Whether it is a heavy-duty balaclava worn by a gang member or the dark mask of ‘Antifa’ extremists, their purpose is to bully and intimidate.’

 He added: ‘Reform UK is calling for a ban on all full-face coverings in public spaces. No ifs, no buts. And yes, that includes religious ones too. 

‘Because a free and open society depends fundamentally on trust. That trust is built on a simple, ancient social contract: I show you my face, you show me yours. When you strip that away, the entire fabric of public safety and mutual trust begins to fray.’ 

In a fiery interview on Saturday night, Farage dubbed the protest ‘disgusting’, insisting that ‘nobody in any political protest, left or right, should be appearing in balaclavas’. 

Thomas, an associate of right-wing activist Tommy Robinson who uses the nickname Danny Tommo, confronted Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf in Portsmouth and said the party leader should be ‘careful with his words’.   

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Only a day after hard-Right protestors caused havoc in Dover, several hundred took to Portsmouth in a bid to stop 140 asylum seekers being transported to an immigration centre.

The migrants had earlier arrived on a huge dinghy which set sail from Calais, with the French coastguard shadowing the vessel until British lifeboats took over. 

Protesters, some of whom had waded into the sea earlier in the day, said they were prepared to remain throughout the night to block any routes out of the city, leading to clashes with police as riot officers were deployed.  

Eastney is just four miles from the Port of Portsmouth and the HM Naval Base, home to six Royal Navy destroyers and its two flagship aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.

In protest footage shared on social media, a riot officer appeared to be pushed from his motorbike as demonstrators, many wearing caps and hoods, shouted: ‘Shame on you.’

Further clips showed officers carrying shields ordering the crowd to ‘get back’ before pushing some protesters away from a nearby police van.

The demonstrators remained in the area until almost midnight amid chaotic scenes and multiple clashes with officers near the waterfront.

The chairman of the Hampshire Police Federation said seven police officers ‘were assaulted’ during an anti-migrant demonstration in Portsmouth.

Spencer Wragg told LBC: ‘We’ve had several officers that were assaulted, obviously during that incident. The number is seven officers.

‘Thankfully, there’s no major injuries, but we’ve seen a plethora of different injuries caused in different ways. There’s been a lot of criminal damage as well as the assault on my colleagues.

‘What we saw was people breaking the law, assaulting officers, causing damage to property, and I’m sure for those residents in that area, that must be quite a frightening experience.’

Asked if any arrests were made, Mr Wragg said: ‘There were no arrests made on the night.

‘Obviously, as you would expect, and there’s an ongoing investigation, and I’ll anticipate there will be arrests in the coming days and weeks.’

Jill Wagner may be winning over Lioness viewers as Bobby, the no-nonsense CIA operative, but many fans are only now realizing her television résumé includes a very different kind of high-adrenaline role.

Long before her turn in the action drama, the 47-year-old actress spent six seasons on ABC’s hit competition series Wipeout, co-hosting the show from 2008 to 2014.

Wagner became a familiar face to audiences as she interviewed contestants moments after they either conquered the course or emerged from one of the show’s famously chaotic wipeouts.

The format challenged participants to battle their way through a giant obstacle course packed with bouncing balls, rotating platforms, swinging hazards and slick ramps designed to send competitors tumbling.

Thanks to its over-the-top spills and slapstick spectacle, Wipeout built a loyal cult following, with viewers tuning in as much for the bruising falls as for the race to the finish.

Wagner acknowledged how stunned fans have been after learning who she is in a recent Instagram video captioned ‘Fooled ya.’

‘I’m getting sent this video from all my friends. There is this video out that says I was this many days old when I figured out that the host on Wipeout, that Jill, was Lioness Bobby Jill.’ 

‘What about if I told you that Lioness Bobby Jill and host Wipeout Jill was also Teen Wolf Kate Argent Jill, is also Christmas movie Jill? I know, it’s crazy,’ she said. 

‘But here’s the thing. Guys, it is our job as an actor to fool you. To make you think we’re the characters that we’re playing. So, first of all thank you. That’s like the biggest compliment, is that you people don’t know who I am.’

‘I actually kind of prefer it like that,’ she added.

Fans on social media have been sharing their surprised reactions after discovering that she used to host Wipeout.

‘My mind is blownnnn!!!’ one Instagram user wrote. ‘No way I can’t believe this,’ another added.

‘Yoooooo what !???’

‘I knew she looked familiar but couldn’t remember from where,’ another wrote.

‘NOOOO WAY. Wow.’

‘Ain’t no way,’ someone else chimed in.

Wagner is also known for playing hunter Kate Argent on season one of Teen Wolf. She later transformed into a Werejaguar and resurfaced in seasons three, four and six.

In 2019, Wagner was cast as the lead in Hallmark’s Mystery 101 series of TV movies, playing Amy Winslow, an English Literature professor who helps a local detective solve strange crimes.

Wagner currently stars in Lioness and recently opened up about working with the show’s creator, Taylor Sheridan, revealing one of her most challenging moments under his direction.

The show, which stars Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldana, is in its third season, and while Wagner, who plays Bobby, says that nothing was ‘physically draining for me,’ she said the current season is ‘a bit more cerebral.’

Speaking to People with her co-star Laysla De Oliveira, who plays Cruz, the actress admitted that Sheridan forced her to redo one scene using her non-dominant hand with almost no notice.

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‘There was one day that Laysla and I were trying to get this entrance into the house,’ she explained. ‘Cruz and Bobby have to come in and clear the room, and we were having difficulties with some of the angles.

‘Ten minutes before we roll, he comes in and says, “No, I think you should switch arms. Transition your weapon to your left arm.”’ Wagner recalls. ‘And I was just like, “Hmm … OK. Help me.”’

The actress told the publication that although the task was tough, it turned out to be a success.

‘Ultimately, we worked it out, and it’s probably going to be one of my favorite moments,’ Wagner continued.

Lioness season three dropped on Paramount+ in August, and the finale hits the streaming platform on September 20.