A teenager accused of snatching
an 11-year-old girl off the street
and repeatedly raping her today
claimed he is 'not capable of doing anything as despicable and heartless'.
Opemipo Jaji, 18, said at the time of the attack he was at a youth
club working on a backing track
for a song.
He told a jury at the Old Bailey: 'I wrote the song after I heard a girl killed herself from bullying. I
wrote the song hoping things
would get better.'
Jaji admits he was on the same
bus as the victim and got off at
the same stop.
But he claims he then went on to a youth club in Enfield, North
London, for a recording session.
The trainee chef said he went to
Jubilee Park later that evening ² compose music but left after 10
minutes because he saw police at the gate.
Jaji, of Edmonton, north London,
denies raping the girl in
November, last year.
The court heard the girl was
walking home from school when
she was dragged into the park and subjected to a three-hour rape ordeal.
She ran home and police were
called.
Traces of her blood were found on Jaji's white trainers and bag
which he says were from when he sat down on the grass later that evening.
Opemipo Jaji, 18, told an Old Bailey jury that when he previously mugged and sexually assaulted another schoolgirl in an almost identical attack two years earlier it had been 'childhood stupidity.'
The trainee chef claimed that
since the first attack he's been
forced to grow up, and was
planning to set up his own
catering firm. He also claimed he was to appear on BBC TV talent show The Voice.
The court heard Jaji accounts for every second of the day so he 'would not get into trouble.'
Jaji denies he was the rapist who grabbed the girl after she got off a bus and walked through a north London park on a Friday night last November.
The girl was forced to strip from
her school uniform and had a
woollen glove pushed in her
mouth to stop her screaming as
she was subjected to a terrifying three-hour ordeal.
Her injuries were so bad she had
to spend four days in hospital.
The jury were told just 21 months earlier, aged 16, Jaji grabbed a schoolgirl from a bus stop, dragged her to a secluded area on a housing estate, stripped her of her school uniform and used her school tie to gag her.
He later pleaded guilty to robbery and sexual assault.
Today, Jaji said: 'It was just
childhood stupidity.
'Since I've been in prison and out, I've been forced to grow up.
'Since then I have sorted myself
out. I got an apprenticeship as a
chef while being paid £10 an hour, I was two weeks from starting ♍Ɣ own catering business. I was suppose to be on The Voice TV show on BBC.
'I am just not capable of doing
something as despicable and
heartless as this. To be honest, I
don't know what to say.'
'I have done everything to keep
myself out of trouble. Every single day of my week is planned out ² the letter by me.
That's just because I don't really like too much free time because you get into trouble.'
He told the jury he had been on a bus with the schoolgirl and had handed her back her travel pass when it fell to the floor,
explaining why his fingerprints
were on it.
He also said he went inside Jubilee Park later that evening to compose music in his 'favourite spot' but left after 10 minutes because he saw police at the gate.
He explained blood belonging to
the girl found on the inside of his boxer shorts, around the crotch and zip area of his trousers, on and inside his upper long johns, t- shirt, polo shirt, trainers and on his Adidas sports bag must have been picked up when he sat down on the grass.
However, the jury heard when
police searched Jaji's home they
found a book on his bunk bed
called "Nobody Cares" about a
little girl who is repeatedly raped.
Also on his bed was a picture of a seven-year-old dressed in tennis clothes cut out and pasted on a piece of cardboard. They alsofound a page of small ads searching for childminder.
Rosina Cottage, prosecuting,
accused Jaji of wanting case to go to trial so he could watch the girl having to relive her ordeal.
He replied: 'What does that do for me exactly?'
Ms Cottage said: 'You are sexually interested in very little girls and manipulate and control them.
'What better way than to control a little girl than make her come to
court and give evidence? So you
could watch the DVD and how she explained what you have done to her.'
Jaji replied: 'I have not committed this crime.'
She accused Jaji of not being able to 'resist' attacking the girl when he followed her off the bus and it was 'no coincidence' she was repeatedly raped at his 'favourite' spot inside the park.
He says he handed the schoolgirl her travel pass when it fell to the floor which explains why his fingerprints were found on it.
Jaji of Osward Place, Edmonton,
north London, denies a single
count of rape.
The trial continues.
an 11-year-old girl off the street
and repeatedly raping her today
claimed he is 'not capable of doing anything as despicable and heartless'.
Opemipo Jaji, 18, said at the time of the attack he was at a youth
club working on a backing track
for a song.
He told a jury at the Old Bailey: 'I wrote the song after I heard a girl killed herself from bullying. I
wrote the song hoping things
would get better.'
Jaji admits he was on the same
bus as the victim and got off at
the same stop.
But he claims he then went on to a youth club in Enfield, North
London, for a recording session.
The trainee chef said he went to
Jubilee Park later that evening ² compose music but left after 10
minutes because he saw police at the gate.
Jaji, of Edmonton, north London,
denies raping the girl in
November, last year.
The court heard the girl was
walking home from school when
she was dragged into the park and subjected to a three-hour rape ordeal.
She ran home and police were
called.
Traces of her blood were found on Jaji's white trainers and bag
which he says were from when he sat down on the grass later that evening.
Opemipo Jaji, 18, told an Old Bailey jury that when he previously mugged and sexually assaulted another schoolgirl in an almost identical attack two years earlier it had been 'childhood stupidity.'
The trainee chef claimed that
since the first attack he's been
forced to grow up, and was
planning to set up his own
catering firm. He also claimed he was to appear on BBC TV talent show The Voice.
The court heard Jaji accounts for every second of the day so he 'would not get into trouble.'
Jaji denies he was the rapist who grabbed the girl after she got off a bus and walked through a north London park on a Friday night last November.
The girl was forced to strip from
her school uniform and had a
woollen glove pushed in her
mouth to stop her screaming as
she was subjected to a terrifying three-hour ordeal.
Her injuries were so bad she had
to spend four days in hospital.
The jury were told just 21 months earlier, aged 16, Jaji grabbed a schoolgirl from a bus stop, dragged her to a secluded area on a housing estate, stripped her of her school uniform and used her school tie to gag her.
He later pleaded guilty to robbery and sexual assault.
Today, Jaji said: 'It was just
childhood stupidity.
'Since I've been in prison and out, I've been forced to grow up.
'Since then I have sorted myself
out. I got an apprenticeship as a
chef while being paid £10 an hour, I was two weeks from starting ♍Ɣ own catering business. I was suppose to be on The Voice TV show on BBC.
'I am just not capable of doing
something as despicable and
heartless as this. To be honest, I
don't know what to say.'
'I have done everything to keep
myself out of trouble. Every single day of my week is planned out ² the letter by me.
That's just because I don't really like too much free time because you get into trouble.'
He told the jury he had been on a bus with the schoolgirl and had handed her back her travel pass when it fell to the floor,
explaining why his fingerprints
were on it.
He also said he went inside Jubilee Park later that evening to compose music in his 'favourite spot' but left after 10 minutes because he saw police at the gate.
He explained blood belonging to
the girl found on the inside of his boxer shorts, around the crotch and zip area of his trousers, on and inside his upper long johns, t- shirt, polo shirt, trainers and on his Adidas sports bag must have been picked up when he sat down on the grass.
However, the jury heard when
police searched Jaji's home they
found a book on his bunk bed
called "Nobody Cares" about a
little girl who is repeatedly raped.
Also on his bed was a picture of a seven-year-old dressed in tennis clothes cut out and pasted on a piece of cardboard. They alsofound a page of small ads searching for childminder.
Rosina Cottage, prosecuting,
accused Jaji of wanting case to go to trial so he could watch the girl having to relive her ordeal.
He replied: 'What does that do for me exactly?'
Ms Cottage said: 'You are sexually interested in very little girls and manipulate and control them.
'What better way than to control a little girl than make her come to
court and give evidence? So you
could watch the DVD and how she explained what you have done to her.'
Jaji replied: 'I have not committed this crime.'
She accused Jaji of not being able to 'resist' attacking the girl when he followed her off the bus and it was 'no coincidence' she was repeatedly raped at his 'favourite' spot inside the park.
He says he handed the schoolgirl her travel pass when it fell to the floor which explains why his fingerprints were found on it.
Jaji of Osward Place, Edmonton,
north London, denies a single
count of rape.
The trial continues.
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