Babafemi Adeleye denies being a sexual deviant after Belfast student groping conviction

A former Countdown contestant convicted of groping a student in a Belfast street has rejected the suggestion that he is a sexual deviant. Babafemi Adeleye, 46, was convicted after an incident in which he drunkenly groped the student’s breast, according to the article. The student described being left shaken by what happened. “I was in shock. My friends had to take me into Nando’s to calm me down. I was shaking and crying,” she said, recalling how her friends helped her after the street attack. Adeleye denied being a sexual deviant, the report says. The article identifies him as a former contestant on the television quiz show Countdown and says his conviction arose from the encounter with the student. The excerpt does not provide further details about the court proceedings or any sentence. It also does not explain what prompted Adeleye’s denial beyond the conviction and the allegation described in the report.