Woman raped at student flats then attacked by men in car she mistook for a taxi A woman was raped in a block of student flats and then attacked by a group of men in an Audi she believed to be a taxi.
The victim left a nightclub on Princess Street, in the city centre, in the early hours of the morning on Friday, July 15.
Some time later she was raped in Ropemaker Court, on Moss Lane East, in Moss Side .
At around 5am the woman got into a white Audi, possibly an Audi Q7, she thought was a taxi.
But when she was inside the woman was verbally and physically abused by four men who were inside the car before she was thrown out onto a dual carriageway at 7am.
A man in a light-coloured van stopped and helped the woman, before he dropped her off at Piccadilly bus station .
Police investigating the rape are trying to trace the van driver as he could be a key witness.
Detective Inspector Dave Moores of GMP’s Serious Sexual Offences Unit, said: “I’m appealing to the man who helped the woman in her time of need to come forward and help us with the investigation.
“He played an important part in the safety of the woman that morning.
“I’m also appealing to anyone who may have seen the woman being thrown from the car or a car of that description in the area at the time.”
Anyone with information should contact police on 0161 856 1911 quoting 129084C/16 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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