Man Convicted Of Raping Woman On SEPTA Train

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — A Philadelphia man was convicted on a rape charge after he sexually assaulted a woman on a SEPTA train in 2021.

Fiston M. Ngoy, 36, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to rape of an unconscious victim in connection with an Oct. 13, 2021 incident on the Market-Frankford Line.

Ngoy harassed, groped, and eventually raped a woman on the train for about 40 minutes, with the train passing more than 24 stops before he was eventually taken into custody by Upper Darby Police at 69th Street Station.

Both Ngoy and the victim boarded the train at the same stop. Ngoy sat next to the women and tried to have a conversation with her, but things slowly became aggressive and violent.

The Delaware County Daily Times reports Ngoy was sentenced to 7 to 14 years in prison and could face deportation as he is a Congolese native whose student visa expired in 2015.