Detectives launch investigation after woman is raped in Gloucester

Detectives launch investigation after woman is raped in bushes by man she met at bus stop – as police release CCTV in hunt for attacker

Police are hunting a man who raped a woman in bushes in Gloucester on Friday
The woman met the stranger at a bus station and walked along the same road
He then launched an attack upon her in a secluded spot near a petrol station
Police have released CCTV of a man they would like to speak to over the incident

Police are hunting a man who raped a woman in Gloucester on Friday evening shortly after meeting her at a bus station.

A CCTV image of a man police want to speak to regarding the attack has been released by officers.

Gloucestershire Police said the victim met a stranger at a bus station before they walked to the Horton Road area, where he raped her and fled.

The assault took place in bushes near the Gulf petrol station off Horton Road in the city between 8pm and 8.40pm, the force said.

A CCTV image of a man police want to speak to regarding the attack in the Gloucester on Friday night has been released

The woman was raped in bushes near the Golf petrol station in Horton Road, Gloucester, on Friday evening shortly after meeting a man at a bus station

Police said the victim was receiving specialist support.

The man is described as white or of mixed race, wearing a black T-shirt with a yellow motif, black jogging bottoms and black Adidas sliders.

He was carrying a black ‘man bag’ and white carrier bag, police said.

Anyone who sees the man or knows where he is, is asked to call 999.

Anyone with information is asked to pass it to police via the police website.

Police hunt stranger who raped woman after meeting her at bus stop and walked with her on road before launching attack in bushes