Sick pilot jailed for raping schoolgirl, just 12, who he groomed and drove to isolated location to attack

A British Airways pilot has been jailed for raping a 12-year-old girl after grooming her online before driving to an isolated location to carry out his vile attack.

Kwame Yeboah, 30, had been employed by BA for three years, spending two years as a Heathrow-based first officer pilot.

But his career in the skies came to an end after he pleaded guilty to three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault in April.

The paedophile was taken into custody by Merseyside Police officers following a probe into claims he had raped a child he groomed on social media in February.

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Jurors heard the 30-year-old first contacted the schoolgirl on Instagram in 2025, with the girl initially telling him that she was 17 years old.

By her appearance, it was "obvious" that the girl was clearly a young child, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

The pilot proceeded to send explicit images of himself to the 12-year-old and engaged in sexual conversations.

Yeboah would call the child roughly twice a week to trick her into believing she was special to him, the CPS revealed.

In February, the paedophile made the four-hour drive from his home in Reading up to Liverpool to meet her face-to-face.

After picking her up, Yeboah drove the girl to an isolated location in Merseyside before raping her three times.

Shortly after the sex attack, a friend of the victim informed her mother about the incident, who promptly contacted the police.

The 30-year-old was able to be identified by officers based on information he had revealed to the girl.

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After being taken into custody, Yeboah gave a "no comment" resoibse to all questions put to him during a police interview.

He was subsequently jailed for nine years and four months at Liverpool Crown Court.

Following Yeboah's sentencing, Senior Crown Prosecutor Thomas Hanlon said: “Kwame Yeboah would have known early on in his contact with this child that she was not the age she initially claimed to be.

"She spoke about school and sent images of herself in school uniform.

"When he met her in person, it would have been obvious that she was a very young child.

“Despite this, Yeboah deliberately took her to an isolated location where he raped her three times.

“He groomed the victim into believing she was in a relationship with someone who cared about her.

"In reality, he was an adult man who abused his position and exploited her for his own sexual gratification.”

A spokesman for British Airways said: “We’ve been sickened to hear of the despicable actions of this individual and we can only imagine the pain he has inflicted.

“All of our thoughts are and will remain with the young person and their family as they try to repair the unthinkable damage and hurt they have suffered.”

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