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A Nigerian
lady based in the UK was left permanently blind in one eye by her violent
fiancé. She is angry at the Crown Prosecution Service after her case was
initially dropped despite “overwhelming evidence” of the cause of her injuries.
Akorede
Odutayo sustained life-changing injuries after being punched in the face by her
partner just because she got icing on his clothes after presenting him with a
birthday cake.
"I
thought I was going to die. He just kept hitting me over and over again.
Suddenly I heard something go pop and blood came gushing out everywhere but at
the time I had no idea where it was coming from."
She spent
three days in hospital but surgeons were unable to save her left eye. She now
has to use a
glass
replacement.
The
mother-of-one, who had suffered years of domestic violence at the hands of her
partner Ibrahim Akanbi, agreed to press charges against the father of her
child.
But he was
granted bail and initially the CPS decided to take no further action after
Akanbi claimed he had acted in self defence. Akorede says she cried when she
was told about the decision.
"I feel
completely let down especially knowing all the evidence there was against him.
I've even given them text messages he sent me admitting what he done."
After the
police intervened, the CPS eventually reviewed their decision and charged
Akanbi.
Ibrahim
Akanbi was found guilty of grievous bodily harm last month at Woolwich crown
court in London and was sentenced to three years in prison.
He would
have escaped a conviction had police not appealed aga
Now Akorede,
23, who has a two-year-old son with Akanbi, has decided to speak out because
she is worried other victims are not getting the justice they deserve. She
said:
“I feel I
was completely failed by the CPS. If the police hadn’t appealed he could have
got away with it despite the blatant evidence.”
Odutayo said
she had endured a “painful waiting game” to see her former partner brought to
justice after the attack on 11 January 2015, Akanbi’s birthday.
The couple
were packing for a holiday Akorede had booked as a surprise when a row erupted
after she put icing pieces from his birthday cake in his cupboard as a
keepsake.
“He started
chucking things at me and headbutted me, cutting his head on my tooth,” she
said.
Akorede, who
had been on FaceTime to her sister at the time, added: “He then started
punching me repeatedly and I ran to pick up the phone and screamed to my sister,
but he chased me and started hitting me over and over until my face went numb.
My eye was full of blood. There was blood all over my house, my clothes, the
wall, the bed, it looked like a murder scene.”
After
spending three days in hospital undergoing surgery, doctors told Akorede they
had been unable to save the sight in her eye.
She said:
“I’ve lost my eye and then I find out they weren’t even going to charge him. He
should have been on remand, he could have come back and taken my right eye. He
was out there going on holiday and enjoying his life while I was going through
hell.”
She said
Akanbi apologised for his actions in a text message the day after the attack.
A crown
prosecutor told police the CPS made the initial decision not to press charges
because he had claimed it was Akorede who had headbutted him and he had acted
in self-defence.
The truth
was eventually discovered and he's now in prison serving his term
Source -
TheGuardian/ITV
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