A Ugandan rugby player who claimed asylum in Wales has been jailed for four and a half years following claims of raping a woman in Cardiff.
Cardiff Crown Court heard how Philip Pariyo, 32, became close friends with the woman involved, before he allegedly attacked her in a flat in the city in June 2021.
Pariyo had repeatedly denied raping the woman, but was reportedly found guilty of the offence in December 2024.
He had represented Uganda in Rugby Sevens in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow before disappearing.
In a letter addressed to Judge Celia Hughes, he said he was “genuinely sorry to those who suffered from my actions”.
Pariyo first came to the UK in 2014, when he was part of the Ugandan Rugby Sevens team for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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