Crime & Court

Strict Dad Beats daughter, 17, Hit Her Boyfriend With Hammer After Catching Them Having Sex

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9 years ago

September 29, 2017

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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.

Crime & Court

Police Arrest Self-Styled PFIPC DG Hours After Court Orders His Arrest

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3 days ago

July 14, 2026

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The police have arrested the self-styled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his arrest for failing to appear for his arraignment.

Justice Mohammed Umar issued the warrant on Tuesday after granting an oral application by the prosecution counsel, Mr Wisdom Madaki, who informed the court that the defendant had failed to honour the court’s summons.

Adeyemi is facing an eight-count charge bordering on alleged forgery, fraud and impersonation.

According to the charge, the defendant allegedly held himself out as the Director-General of the PFIPC and is accused of offences involving forgery and fraudulent misrepresentation.

Following the prosecution’s application, Justice Umar ordered the defendant’s arrest to compel his appearance before the court to answer to the charges.

The police subsequently arrested Adeyemi, paving the way for his arraignment before the court.

Further details on the circumstances surrounding his arrest were not immediately available as of the time of filing this report.

Crime & Court

NDLEA busts Oyo meth lab, arrests Mexican, four Nigerians

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3 weeks ago

June 25, 2026

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has uncovered and dismantled a large methamphetamine production facility concealed inside a forest in Oyo State, arresting a suspected Mexican drug expert and four Nigerians in what officials described as a major breakthrough against an international drug trafficking syndicate.

The industrial-scale laboratory was discovered at Tapa Village in Ibarapa North Local Government Area during an operation conducted by NDLEA operatives on June 17.

Among those arrested was a 56-year-old Mexican national, Jose Villa Ochoa, who was allegedly recruited to provide technical expertise for the large-scale production of methamphetamine.
Four Nigerians identified as Maxwell Uche Nevoh, Olatunji Yusuf, Bankole Akeem Owolabi and Ganiu Monsiu were also apprehended during the raid.

The Chairman of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), said the clandestine facility was equipped with substantial quantities of precursor chemicals and industrial processing equipment used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

According to the agency, forensic analyses conducted at the site confirmed the presence of methamphetamine, while all recovered substances, chemicals and equipment had been secured as exhibits for further investigation and prosecution.

The discovery came barely four weeks after NDLEA operatives dismantled another large methamphetamine laboratory hidden in a forest in neighbouring Ogun State, heightening concerns over attempts by drug cartels to turn the South-West into a hub for synthetic drug production.

Marwa said the latest operation underscored the agency’s determination to dismantle transnational drug trafficking networks operating within Nigeria.

He warned both local and foreign drug syndicates against viewing the country as a safe destination for illicit drug activities.

“Let the message go out clearly to all drug cartels, domestic and international, that Nigeria is not, and will never be, a safe haven for your illicit trade,” Marwa said.

“We will find you in the cities, we will track you into the forests, and we will dismantle your infrastructure of death.

They thought hiding in dense forests would shield them from the long arm of the law. They were wrong.”

The NDLEA described the operation as another significant blow against organised drug trafficking networks and commended the officers involved in the raid for their professionalism, resilience and courage.

Crime & Court

Police recover Rivers SUV stolen five years ago in Gombe

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4 weeks ago

June 21, 2026

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Operatives of the Gombe State Police Command have recovered a Toyota Highlander reported stolen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, five years ago.

The vehicle was recovered on June 8, 2026, during a routine verification exercise conducted by detectives attached to the State Intelligence Department in collaboration with officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps at the Gombe State Internal Revenue Service vehicle licensing office.

The spokesperson for the command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, saying the vehicle was flagged as suspicious during the process of uploading and verifying vehicle records.

According to him, the joint team identified the Toyota Highlander bearing registration number FH823PHC and subjected it to further scrutiny, which revealed that it had been declared stolen on September 17, 2021.

Preliminary findings showed that the vehicle belonged to one Cecilia A. Duru of Akwaka Lane, Rumuodumaya, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Abdullahi said investigators subsequently uncovered a transnational movement of the vehicle, establishing that it was taken to the Niger Republic in 2023 before returning to Nigeria through Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State on October 17, 2025.

He added that the sport utility vehicle was later sold in Kaduna State and eventually brought to Gombe for re-registration, where it was detected and recovered by security operatives.

“Investigation is ongoing, as efforts are being intensified to identify and apprehend those involved,” the police spokesperson stated.

He urged members of the public to exercise caution when purchasing vehicles, advising intending buyers to verify ownership documents and authenticate vehicle records through the appropriate authorities before concluding any transaction.

The command reaffirmed its commitment to combating vehicle theft and other trans-border crimes, assuring residents that efforts were underway to arrest all those linked to the theft and illegal trafficking of the recovered vehicle.