Rapist Siyabonga Dunga sentenced to 18 years in prison for Leeds hotel attack

A man who drugged, kidnapped and raped a woman he met in a bar has been jailed for 18 years.

Siyabonga Dunga takes his victim’s drink and then drags her back to his Leeds hotel room before attacking her on January 21, 2023.

Dunga, 39, was convicted of the attack at Leeds Crown Court on Thursday and told he will have to sign the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.

Dunga, of Sweet Street in Leeds, was described by police as “a dangerous and calculating sexual predator”.

The court was told Dunga gave the woman a drink at the Back Room Bar, on Call Lane, in the early hours of the morning and she became disoriented and confused shortly afterwards.

Pretending to come to his aid, he took his victim outside to get some air and sent her friend back to the club, telling her she had left her phone inside.

However, he had pocketed the phone himself.

While the friend was inside looking for the phone, Dunga took the woman, who could not walk without help, back to a nearby hotel.

CCTV from the hotel showed the woman collapsed and unresponsive as Dunga dragged her back to his room where he committed the rape.

Investigating officer Det Con Andy Jones, of the British Transport Police, said: “Dunga is a dangerous and calculating sexual predator who is thankfully no longer on the streets.

“By her own admission, the woman remained a shell of her former self.”

He said he praised her “courage and strength” during the inquest.

At a trial earlier this year, Dunga was convicted of rape, kidnapping, administering a substance with intent and committing an offense with the intent to commit a sex offense.