Woman accused of harassing Dubai businessman faces August trial

A woman accused of breaching a restraining order by harassing a Dubai businessman will face trial next month.

Cynthia Chia, 38, was previously ordered to pay £25,000 to father-on-three Idowu Ogunkanmi, 44, after she falsely accused him of raping her following a one-night stand.

Chia was ordered to pay the five-figure sum to the energy trader at a High Court hearing last June.

Deputy High Court Judge Susie Alegre had said Chia subjected Mr Ogunkanmi to a ‘sustained, relentless and vindictive’ campaign of harassment that lasted almost nine years.

Chia denies twice breaching a restraining order by posting photos of Mr Ogunkanmi on social media and by contacting him on 3 May last year.

She has been held in HMP Bronzefield since January this year and was remanded in custody ahead of her two day trial fixed for 26 August.

Prosecutor Rizwan Amin previously earlier told the court: ‘Chia is alleged to have posted images of Mr Ogunkanmi on social media.

‘She later spotted Mr Ogunkanmi on a street, when she approached and called him out by name, and then proceeded to insult him.’

Mr Amin alleged she approached him again on the street again on May 3.
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