05/06/2007

Image released in Manchester rape case

Police have released a CCTV image of a man that they want to speak to in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Greater Manchester.

The attack happened on May 29. The girl got on the 256 bus at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre at 9:50pm and got off the bus on Lostock Road in Urmston, where she started speaking to a man.

She walked with the man along Canterbury Road, towards Davyhulme Park, where the man forced her into a wooded area opposite the playground and raped her.

The offender then left the area at around 11pm.

The victim then ran onto Crofts Bank Road and flagged down a passing private hire taxi who took her back to Stretford.

Police have appealed for the taxi driver to come forward. He is described as being Asian or mixed race, with long wavy hair and facial stubble. He was driving a silver car with a taxi light on the roof.

Police have also appealed for anyone who remembers being on the 256 bus that evening, particularly a man caught on CCTV boarding the bus.

The image can be viewed at: www.gmp.police.uk.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Trafford Public Protection Unit on: 0161 856 7557 or Crimestoppers anonymously on: 0800 555 111.

(KMcA/SP)

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