Crime & Court
Strict Dad Beats daughter, 17, Hit Her Boyfriend With Hammer After Catching Them Having Sex
Soruth Ali, 42, who had a previous rape conviction, was jailed after beating his daughter and her boyfriend after he heard them having sex in her room early one morning.
A Muslim father has been banned from contacting his 17-year-old daughter for three years after he beat her when he caught her having sex with her secret boyfriend.
Soruth Ali, 42, woke around 5am one morning to hear sounds coming from his daughter’s room, and walked in to find her in bed with boyfriend.
Ali grabbed a hammer and hit the boyfriend over the head with it before chasing him out of his family home in Leigh, Greater Manchester.
The restaurant chef punched and kicked his daughter, who was curled up in a ball, before dragging her out of her bedroom by her hair.
The boyfriend suffered a gash to his head and needed two staples, while his daughter was left with bruises on her face and head.
She was left so scared of her dad that she moved to a secret address under police protection, before going into care.
In a statement to police the daughter claimed her father was “very religious and very controlling” and would not let her out of the house unless she wore an Islamic veil.
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She said she had been forced to live “two lives” at the family home as she was made to wear a headscarf in front of her father – only for to secretly take it off once she was out of his sight.
She said she wanted to “live her own life.”
Despite the assault on August 21 this year, Ali was said by probation officers to have shown a ‘lack of remorse and empathy’ for his daughter and her boyfriend and even attempted to ‘justify’ his actions.
At Bolton Crown Court, he admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault and was jailed for 14 months.
The daughter, who had been seeing her boyfriend without the knowledge of her mother and father, sneaked him back to her her home while her parents were away.
But the boyfriend was still at the property when Ali and his wife unexpectedly returned home early and as a result he ended up hiding in the daughter’s bedroom for the night.
Peter Gilmore prosecuting said: “In the early hours of the morning Mr Ali heard noises coming from his daughter’s room so went to see what it was. He saw his daughter having sex with (her boyfriend) and became enraged and chased (her boyfriend) from his home, and hit him in the back of the head with a hammer telling him to get out of his house.
“As (her boyfriend) fled the property, Mr Ali returned to his daughters bedroom and started punching and hitting her and she fell to the floor and he began dragging her round by her hair. She suffered bruising to her face.
“(The daughter) and (the boyfriend) both called the police as did a neighbour and Mr Ali was arrested. His daughter was a particularly vulnerable young woman, as she was his 17-year-old daughter living in his house.
“It is clear in his probation report that he was trying to minimise these offences. He has also made attempts to minimise and justify the offences.”
In her statement, which was detailed at an earlier hearing, the daughter claimed her father hit her on the left arm and knocked her to the floor. She said he then began to kick her to the head and legs and she curled up in a ball and was she was so scared she wet herself.
She said she could hear her mother and sister saying ‘stop’ but Ali grabbed her ponytail and dragged her out of the bedroom as other relatives advised her to pack her belongings and go.
The court heard Ali had a previous rape conviction from 1995 for which he served seven years jail from 2003 after he attacked a 15-year-old girl when she was in school uniform.
In mitigation, his lawyer Isobel Thomas said Ali’s restaurant which has five employees and where he works as head chef had to temporarily closed whilst he was kept in custody.
She added: “He has admitted his actions and fully accepts the statements of his family as in his words ‘they do not lie’. He is not trying to minimise his actions. It was claimed he lacks remorse for his victims and empathy for his daughter but he tells me that this is not the case, he just finds it difficult to effectively show his emotions.
“He knows the effect this has had on his daughter and his family as well, and he is sorry for his behaviour. He said he is missing his family and he wishes he could open his heart and show them how much he misses them.
“His anger was sparked from seeing his daughter have sex with someone, that he had never met. The defendant knows that is no excuse or justification for him behaving in the way that he did.
“He has been happily married with his wife for 20 years, and they have four children. Three girls aged 19, 17, and 14 and a little boy aged 5. There has been no incidents of violence in the family home apart from this one. He has been in a loving and happy marriage.
“His behaviour meant that (the girlfriend) no longer resides at the family home, and she has been taken into care as a result of what has happened. He misses his family very deeply.”
Passing sentence Judge Timothy Clayson told Ali: “Unbeknown to you one of your daughters had brought her boyfriend home and due to a combination of circumstances he stayed overnight. You heard some noises coming from what you thought was her room, so you went to her bedroom and saw them having sex.
“This enraged you and you chased (her boyfriend) out of the house picking up a hammer and following him to hit him on the back of the head and once he had left the property you returned to attack your daughter by hitting her and dragging her by her hair.
“You could have killed (her boyfriend) and it is through no design of your own that you did not. It is incredibly fortunate that he wasn’t seriously injured.
“As far as your daughter is concerned, that is a serious offence of its type. She is your daughter and she should have been able to regard her own home as a place of safety. You assaulted her and she was so frightened of you she wet herself.
“You have been a hard working man, with a stable marriage and your children living at home. Whilst I accept that you feel some genuine remorse for what you did, what you did was wholly unacceptable. There are no grounds to suspend this sentence, it would be unjust and too lenient.”
Ali was also banned from contacting his daughter for three years under the terms of a restraining order.
The Ogun State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Sagamu has adjourned the trial of the driver involved in the road crash that affected former heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, to June 2, 2026.
The court, presided over by Magistrate Olufunilayo Somefun, fixed the new date to allow the prosecution to file fresh charges in the case.
The defendant, Adeniyi Mobolaji, is facing a four-count charge bordering on dangerous and negligent driving resulting in death.
It was gathered that the matter had been adjourned about four times to enable the prosecuting counsel, G. O. Ogunyomi, amend the charges before the court.
Mobolaji was accused of reckless and negligent driving, contrary to Section 6(1) of the relevant law, as well as driving without due care and attention, causing bodily harm, and damage to property under Section 7(1).
He was also alleged to have driven without a valid national driver’s licence, contrary to Section 10(1) of the Federal Highway Act.
Ruling on the prosecution’s application for adjournment, the magistrate granted the request and fixed June 2 for proper hearing. The defence counsel did not oppose the application.
Speaking after the proceedings, counsel to the defendant, Abiodun Olalekan, said the adjournment was necessary to ensure justice for all parties involved.
The 46-year-old defendant was involved in the fatal crash that claimed the lives of Joshua’s personal trainer, Latif Ayodele, and strength and conditioning coach, Sina Ghami, along the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway on December 29, 2025.
The Lexus SUV conveying the boxer collided with a stationary truck, leaving Joshua and the driver with minor injuries.
Joshua was later discharged from the hospital after being certified clinically stable.
The deaths of Ayodele and Ghami drew widespread reactions within the international boxing community, where both men were regarded as key figures in Joshua’s camp.
Their remains were subsequently repatriated to the United Kingdom, where a funeral prayer was held on January 4, 2026, at the London Central Mosque.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 58-year-old alleged drug lord, Uzoma Valentine Ilomuanya, who had reportedly been on the agency’s wanted list and that of British authorities for over 15 years.
Ilomuanya was apprehended in Lagos on Monday, February 23, 2026, following what the agency described as a high-level, coordinated operation by officers of its Special Operations Unit.
The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi.
Babafemi said the suspect’s arrest ended a prolonged manhunt linked to his alleged involvement in drug trafficking activities across Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
According to the statement, Ilomuanya was first arrested in February 2003 in the United Kingdom and convicted for drug trafficking.
He was sentenced to nine years imprisonment but was released after serving two years following a successful appeal.
Babafemi added that the suspect was again arrested in the UK in July 2011 over drug-related offences.
He said, “He was granted administrative bail but jumped jurisdiction and fled to Nigeria.
“Typical of a recidivist, Ilomuanya was in November 2018 arrested in Nigeria by NDLEA operatives following the discovery of two clandestine methamphetamine laboratories in his Obinugwu, Orlu Local Government Area country home in Imo State and at his No. 3 Barrister Declan Uzoma Close, Lagos residence where officers recovered 77.960 kilograms of methamphetamine and extensive production equipment.
“He was subsequently charged before a Federal High Court in Lagos, after which he jumped court bail and has been on the run since then.”
Reacting to the development, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), described the arrest as a major breakthrough in the agency’s ongoing war against drug trafficking networks.
Marwa said the operation demonstrated the agency’s resolve to track down criminal elements regardless of how long they evade the law.
He said, “This arrest serves as a stern warning to those who think they can hide behind borders to escape justice.
“Whether you jump bail in London or set up clandestine labs in your village, the long arm of the NDLEA will eventually catch up with those who choose to undermine the health, security, and future of our nation.
“We remain committed to our international collaborations to ensure that Nigeria is not used as a sanctuary for global drug lords.”
Marwa also commended officers of the Special Operations Unit for their professionalism and persistence in tracking down the suspect.
He added that the agency would continue to strengthen intelligence-driven operations and international cooperation to dismantle drug trafficking networks operating within and beyond Nigeria.
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday discharged and acquitted a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, of a 23-count charge bordering on alleged non-declaration of assets filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Delivering judgment, Justice James Omotosho held that the prosecution failed to present sufficient evidence to substantiate the allegations against the defendants.
Kyari was arraigned alongside his two brothers, who were accused of swearing to false affidavits in an alleged attempt to conceal the origin of certain properties.
However, the court ruled that the anti-drug agency failed to establish that the properties allegedly not declared by Kyari were actually owned by him.
Justice Omotosho explained that ownership of landed property could be established through traditional history, title documents, acts of possession, or possession by connection.
According to the judge, the prosecution did not present any of these forms of evidence to prove that the properties located at Fountain Estate in Karsana, said to belong to Ramatu Kyari, were owned by the suspended police officer.
The court also held that the prosecution failed to produce material evidence linking Kyari to properties located on Linda Choko Road in Asokoro, Abuja, as well as properties in Maiduguri, Borno State.
In his defence, Kyari maintained that the properties in Borno State belonged to his late father, who bequeathed them to him and his siblings.
The judge held that the prosecution failed to prove otherwise.
Justice Omotosho also faulted the prosecution for charging Kyari’s brothers with conspiracy, describing the allegation as unsubstantiated.
He described the NDLEA’s case as weak and lacking credible evidence, adding that the defendant had served the country well and should not be subjected to persecution.
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