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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 3774Unlawful termination of pregnancy (unlawful ending of life of a foetus), assault causing harm, false imprisonment · Co. Donegal · 14 Feb 2020

Adeleke Adelani, 28, jailed for nine years over forcing woman to terminate pregnancy in Letterkenny

Adeleke Adelani, 28, was sentenced to nine years in prison by Judge John Aylmer for unlawfully ending the life of a foetus and assault causing harm after he forced his former girlfriend to take five misoprostol tablets and locked her in a bedroom at his home in Ashlawn, Letterkenny, on St Valentine's Day 2020.

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  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced19 Feb
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Key facts

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  • whatAdelani procured the tablets from a pharmacy in Dublin. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatHe forced the woman to take five misoprostol 200mg tablets and locked her in a bedroom. (irishtimes.com)
  • whereHe invited the woman to his home in Ashlawn, Letterkenny. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenGardaí arrived at what was believed to be a domestic incident in Letterkenny just before 2.20pm on the date in question. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationGarda PJ Folan outlined the incidents to the barrister for the state, Paul Greene, with Fiona Crawford. (irishtimes.com)
  • chargeThe most serious charge was the unlawful ending of the life of a foetus as well as assault causing harm. (irishtimes.com)
  • chargeThe judge also took into consideration threats made to the woman and false imprisonment. (irishtimes.com)
  • chargeHe pleaded guilty to unlawfully ending the life of a foetus contrary to section 23.2 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. (irishtimes.com)
  • chargeHe pleaded guilty to assaulting the woman and causing her harm contrary to section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceBefore mitigation, the sentence was 11 years for unlawful ending of the life of a foetus and five years for assault. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceAfter mitigation, the sentence was reduced to nine years for the foetus charge and four and a half years for the assault. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceBoth sentences are to run concurrently. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHe is currently serving 5.5 years in prison from a November 2025 sentence for another crime, with the current sentences to run consecutively. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherAdelani had been a student at the Letterkenny Institute of Technology and met the woman on Snapchat. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe woman initially became pregnant in October 2019 and they both decided to abort the baby with help from a doctor. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe woman became pregnant again in January 2020 and decided to keep the baby after visiting a friend in London. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe victim, now aged 26, asked for Adelani to be named publicly. (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 19 Feb2026
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, first report
    Man (28) jailed for nine years over forcing woman to terminate pregnancy

    Sentencing hearing at which Judge John Aylmer imposed concurrent sentences of nine years for unlawful ending of the life of a foetus and four and a half years for assault causing harm, to run consecutively to a 5.5-year sentence from November 2025. The victim, aged 26, gave a victim impact statement and asked for the accused to be named publicly.

    convicted, Adeleke Adelani, 28, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Adeleke Adelanivictim, 26, female