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Man jailed for causing unlawful termination of pregnancy
Adeleke Adelani forced a woman to take abortion tablets despite her wish to keep the baby, leading to a nine-year jail term for unlawful termination and assault.
- On Thursday at Letterkenny Circuit Court, Adeleke Adelani was jailed for nine years for causing the unlawful termination after forcing five misoprostol tablets and locking the woman on St Valentine's Day 2020.
- Prosecutors say Adelani lured the woman to Letterkenny and threatened to 'beat her nine-week-old foetus out' if she refused, after she decided to keep the pregnancy in January 2020.
- Court evidence shows the accused's phone remained locked for four years until officers accessed it before trial last year, revealing searches on abortion and a recorded conversation; Gardaí arrested Adelani after the woman called them.
- Judge John Aylmer said Adelani carried out an extreme act of physical and emotional violence and imposed a concurrent assault causing harm sentence.
- Support organisations noted the victim's strength and signposted Women’s Aid 1800 and Men’s Aid 3,811 helplines for those affected. In a victim impact statement, the woman said she will always grieve her child.
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