Police yesterday asked for the public's help to identify a man who subjected a young woman to a terrifying sex attack.
He befriended the 29-year-old woman as she waited for a taxi in Middlesbrough, telling her that she could call a taxi from his house nearby.
But when the pair reached the Clarendon Road area, at about 1am on November 26, he subjected her to the terrifying sex attack.
"This young woman has been the subject of an ordeal and she is only slowly coming to terms with it," said Detective Sergeant Colin Galloway, of Middlesbrough CID, who leading the hunt for the attacker.
"It was very traumatic for the victim and it is important that the police catch this man."
After the attack, the woman made her way into the town centre where a passing taxi driver picked her up and helped police to launch their inquiry.
The man is described as Asian, in his early 30s, stocky with a chubby face and short black hair, which was thick on top. He was wearing a baseball-type cap.
Det Sgt Galloway asked anyone with information to contact him and urged all young women to be careful when out on their own.
Anyone with information is asked to call Middlesbrough CID on 01642 303 126 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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