Taxi driver rapes male passenger

A man was raped by a taxi driver who followed him into his block of flats after driving him home.
The 20-year-old victim got into the cab at Quay Street in Manchester city centre in the early hours of Sunday after a night out.

When the taxi arrived at Salford Quays, the driver refused to take payment.

The man went into his flat block, but was grabbed by the driver as he waited for the lift. He was raped in the stairwell of the building, police said.

Det Sgt Julie Connor, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "This was a brutal attack on a young man who has been left feeling traumatised.

"We want to appeal to taxi drivers in the city centre to tell us if they recognise the description he has given of his attacker."

The rapist was described as being in his late 20s or early 30s, and dark skinned.
He was about 5ft 9in tall and slightly overweight with short brown or black hair and unshaven with a beard and brown eyes. He was wearing a brown leather jacket and a dark green jumper.

Police said the taxi was a VW Passat and had an illuminated taxi sign on the roof.