Teen Who Raped Schoolgirl Jailed A teenager who raped an 11-year-old girl on her way home from school has been jailed for life with a minumum term of eight years Opemipo Jaji followed his victim from a bus stop before subjecting her to a three-hour ordeal - and threatening to stab her when she tried to escape. The 18-year-old trainee - who attacked the girl while he was on probation chef - forced her into a housing estate, where he sexually assaulted her. He later took her to Jubilee Park in Enfield, where he repeatedly raped her - at one point telling her he was close to killing her. The judge at the Old Bailey said Jaji told a probation officer he had been planning to rape a girl for two months before the attack, but had committed the offence on impulse. Mr Justice Singh told Jaji that he had given careful consideration to whether he could impose a lesser sentence than life, such as a determinate sentence combined with an extended term. "However, in all the circumstances of this case, I do not believe that the public would be adequately protected from you if you were the subject of any sentence other than a life sentence," he said. You dragged her into Jubilee Park and subjected her to a horrific ordeal for the next three hours. Not only did you rape her at least twice. You stuffed one of her gloves in her mouth. You threatened her and said that you had a knife although you did not in fact produce one. You told her not to tell anyone about what had happened because you would stab her. Even the risk of being seen by a member of the public did not deter you from carrying on with your vicious attack on your lonely and vulnerable victim. At one point you even told her that the incident was being filmed and that you would send the video to her school where people would laugh at her. The girl suffered injuries which meant she had to go to hospital where she had to be examined under anaesthetic and needed stitches. The judge added: "Perhaps even worse, you have left her with terrible emotional scars. One can only hope that, with the courage that she has already shown in giving evidence at this trial, and with the support of her family and friends, she can begin the process of recovery. He told Jaji that the eight-year minimum was not the actual term he would serve - minus time he has already spent in prison before the trial - but the minimum before he could be considered for release by the Parole Board. "The Parole Board will only direct your release on licence if it is satisfied that you are no longer a danger to members of the public," he said. Jaji had been given an 18-month supervision order six months before for making indecent images of children. A year earlier, he had sexually assaulted and robbed a 12-year-old schoolgirl on a housing estate. Later, he was given a 10-month detention and training order which he went on to breach. He was found guilty of rape, which he had denied, following a trial at the Old Bailey in April. The child gave evidence against him on videolink during the trial.