Taxi driver answers appeal by Leeds rape detectives

A KEY potential witness to an alleged rape has come forward after an appeal.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Feb 2016, 12:56 BST
Updated 11th Feb 2016, 16:55 BST
Police investigating the rape of a woman in Leeds are appealing to trace a taxi driver as a potential witness.Police investigating the rape of a woman in Leeds are appealing to trace a taxi driver as a potential witness.
Police investigating the rape of a woman in Leeds are appealing to trace a taxi driver as a potential witness.

West Yorkshire Police today issued a public plea to find a taxi driver thought to have vital information about the attack on a 27-year-old woman in Headingley.

The alleged victim contacted officers to say she had been attacked at the Ascot Grange Hotel on Otley Road overnight on January 29.

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Detectives issued their appeal after finding CCTV which showed a taxi dropping the woman off after she was picked up along with a man on Lower Briggate in the city centre.

The driver attended Elland Road police station after seeing the appeal in the media.

A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape and is on bail pending further enquiries.