{"id":6675,"date":"2026-06-24T16:39:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/former-british-airways-pilot-drove-hundreds-of-miles-to-rape-girl-12-he-groomed-online\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:39:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:39:56","slug":"former-british-airways-pilot-drove-hundreds-of-miles-to-rape-girl-12-he-groomed-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/former-british-airways-pilot-drove-hundreds-of-miles-to-rape-girl-12-he-groomed-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Former British Airways pilot drove hundreds of miles to rape girl, 12, he groomed online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_6cdcdb\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The former England youth basketball player Kwame Yeboah met his victim on the video chatroom Omegle before exchanging a series of explicit messages.<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37343742\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37343742.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Kwame-Yeboah.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37343742.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Kwame-Yeboah.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37343742.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Kwame-Yeboah.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37343742.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Kwame-Yeboah.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\"><cite aria-label=\"Image: CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE )<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A British Airways pilot groomed a 12-year-old girl into believing she was in a relationship with someone who cared about her before driving hundreds of miles to rape her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Former England youth basketball international Kwame Yeboah met the schoolgirl on video chat website Omegle before exchanging explicit messages, photographs and video calls with her on <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/instagram\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Liverpool Crown Court heard the 30-year-old travelled from his home in Reading to the Wirral after communicating with the youngster online for around three months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The court heard the girl&#8217;s mum contacted <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/merseyside-police\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Merseyside Police<\/a> after learning from one of her daughter&#8217;s friends that she had been speaking to a man online and had later had sex with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Prosecutor Louise McCloskey said the mum was told the man drove a black <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/mercedes-f1\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Mercedes<\/a> and had saved his number in the youngster&#8217;s phone under a false name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">When officers first spoke to the girl, she was described as being &#8220;initially dismissive&#8221; and told her mum in the presence of police: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know why you had to tell the police. It&#8217;s not like I&#8217;ve been raped or anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The court heard that after being told she may need emergency contraception if sexual activity had taken place, she replied: &#8220;No, I&#8217;m not getting it. I&#8217;ll keep the baby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Yeboah booked a hotel room on Merseyside before the girl climbed out of a window at her home to meet him in his black Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Although the victim initially told Yeboah she was 17, the court heard she later sent him photographs of herself in school uniform and referred to being grounded during their conversations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">When she said she could not meet him, Yeboah sent messages including: &#8220;I can&#8217;t do this no more, because you&#8217;re not meeting me. I can&#8217;t call because it makes me sad, because I can&#8217;t see you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The court heard Yeboah drove the girl around before asking to &#8220;go to a car park and do stuff&#8221;, telling her he was &#8220;horny&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After stopping the vehicle, he sexually assaulted and raped her. When another car pulled up nearby, Yeboah drove to a second location where he instructed the youngster to perform a sex act before raping her again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Yeboah later messaged the girl after becoming concerned she might obtain the morning-after pill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He told her: &#8220;You lied to me. They would have asked you a bunch of questions before they gave it to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She replied: &#8220;I just don&#8217;t want you to be mad at me. I love you. I wouldn&#8217;t lie to you. Don&#8217;t text for a bit, social services are at my house.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judge Gary Woodhall said there had been &#8220;clearly some grooming behaviour&#8221; and found that Yeboah had sought to &#8220;manipulate or emotionally blackmail&#8221; the girl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sentencing him, the judge said: &#8220;You had to travel from Reading. You booked a hotel room for the two of you. You agreed to collect her in your car. She had to sneak out of her home to meet you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Yeboah, of Drake Way, Reading, admitted three counts of rape of a child under 13 and assault of a child under 13 by penetration. He was jailed for eight years and four months and handed an additional year on licence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The court heard the abuse had left the victim struggling with confidence, sleep and concentration at school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Yeboah was also handed a restraining order banning him from contacting the girl for 15 years and will remain on the sex offenders&#8217; register for life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/former-british-airways-pilot-drove-37343814\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former England youth basketball player Kwame Yeboah met his victim on the video chatroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_Kwame-Yeboah.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}