UK jails Nigerian student 3 years over child grooming attempt

A 25-year-old Nigerian student, Anderson Ishiekwene, has been sentenced to three years in prison in the UK and is likely to be deported after trying to meet a minor for sex.
Based on a BBC report on Monday, Ishiekwene was picked up in Washington, England, after arranging to meet someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. The account was actually run by an online group that poses as children to catch paedophiles.
Court documents showed Ishiekwene came to the UK on a student visa in August 2025 and lived in Sunderland. On January 2, he reached out to the profile on Facebook and later moved the chat to WhatsApp.
Prosecutors at Newcastle Crown Court said that over the course of 8 days, ...