Nigerian man jailed after forcing kisses on patient in UK hospital

The court heard that the victim now suffers from anxiety and experiences flashbacks due to the assaults.

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She eventually reported the incidents to the police.

Kudabo, of Count De Burgh Terrace in South Bank, York, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault on the first day of his trial in April.

Judge Alex Menary, who sentenced him on Tuesday, June 10, said the victim had “placed her trust” in Kudabo, telling him directly: “You abused that trust.”

The judge added that only an immediate custodial sentence was appropriate given the seriousness of the offences, ordering Kudabo to serve half of his one-year sentence before becoming eligible for release.

Defence lawyer Jerry Sodipe said Kudabo had no prior convictions and had shown remorse.

“He has held up his hands to say, yes he is guilty – he shouldn’t have done that,” Sodipe said. Kudabo was “moved to sympathy” by the patient’s suffering and believed, wrongly, that a kiss would provide comfort.

“He accepts his actions were inappropriate and unacceptable,” the barrister added.

Kudabo, who moved to the UK from Nigeria with his family for work, has since lost his job.