A 29 year-old man jailed for 4 years for sexually assauting women in toilet

A 29 year-old Nigerian, Mr. Anthony Iyare has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting two women in a Cambridge nightclub.

His jailed term also included three months for a separate affray charge and he would be deported to Nigeria after serving his jail term according to the Judge.

Iyare, an Edo State indigene was said to have attacked a woman in the toilets of the Fez Club in May, a year after sexually assaulting a woman he had met at the same club.

The investigation was carried out by Detective Constables Emma Beart and Paul Evans.

According to their reports “Iyare pursued both victims despite them asking him to leave them alone. This has been a long investigation and we are pleased he has now been brought to justice and a dangerous man is now behind bars.

“I would like to thank both the victims for their courage and determination throughout the investigation and trial, and also their friends and family who have shown great support throughout their ordeal”, Cambridge First quoted DC Evans as having said in court.

Iyare who resides at Walpole Road, Cambridge, England also faces deportation following his conviction. He was said to use his widowed mother’s savings to study in Cambridge.

In the first incident in the early hours of May 20, 2010, Iyare and some of his friends went back to an address in Camborne with the 21-year-old woman and her friend after pestering them in the club.

Iyare allegedly sexually assaulted her while she was sleeping. Not done, one year later, Iyare was said to have followed an 18-year-old woman into a toilet cubicle in the club before sexually assaulting her.

The lid was blown open and the security staff alerted police who promptly arrested Iyare.

During trial, Iyare however denied the charges of sexual assault and attempted rape preferred against him.

He was, however, convicted on the first attack and found guilty of an alternative charge of sexual assault for the second after the juries were hung on the attempted rape charge following a trial at Cambridge Crown Court.