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CCTV appeal as part of rape investigation in Leeds city centre
Police have issued CCTV images of a man they are hoping to speak to as part of their investigation into an attempted rape near a Yorkshire Police said the incident is reported to have taken place at around 01:45 BST on Sunday in Blayds Yard in Leeds city centre.A woman in her 20s had left the Fibre club on Briggate and walked down towards the Revolution de Cuba bar on Call Lane where she encountered a man, who then ran off after a member of staff from a nearby hotel Ch Insp James Entwistle said the man in the CCTV images is described as black, aged in his 30s and 5ft 6ins tall, with short hair and was wearing a white T-shirt.
He said: "We are investigating a serious incident which took place in Leeds city centre on a busy weekend night in which a young woman was subjected to an extremely distressing ordeal."There were a lot of people out in the city centre at that time and I'm hoping that the footage we are releasing will help to jog someone's memory of the evening and will help us identify him."He added that anyone with any information is asked to get in touch with woman is also being supported by specially trained officers.
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