POLICE are hunting a rapist who attacked a woman near a city centre train station.
A 24-year-old woman was walking near Central Station on Friday September 25, around midnight, when she was set upon by a man.
He raped her in a nearby lane before running off, leaving the woman traumatised.
Police have now appealed for help in tracing the man who is described as white, Scottish, between 25-30 years old, slim with short dark hair.
He is thought to have been wearing blue jeans at the time.
Detective Inspector Graeme McLachlan said: “This was a terrifying ordeal for the young woman and she has been left traumatised by what happened.
“Our officers are currently working with her to establish exactly where the incident occurred however we understand that it was in a lane near to Central Station.
“I would appeal to anyone who was in the surrounding area around midnight on the Friday and who saw or heard anything suspicious to get in touch.
“Anyone with information can contact police via the 101 number or alternatively you can call CRIMESTOPPERS on 0800 555 111 where all calls will remain anonymous.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here