Manhunt launched after ‘woman raped by stranger in city centre hotel’ as cops release CCTV

Published on July 28, 2025 at 05:10 PM

A MANHUNT has been launched after a woman was “raped by a stranger” in a city centre hotel.

Cops have released CCTV of who is believed to have the woman on January 1 in a hotel room in St Mary’s Gate .

The suspect is 5ft 10ins tall with short black hair, a beard and a slit in one of his eyebrows, cops said.

South Yorkshire Police are urgently appealing for information to help identify the man in the image.

Anyone with details should call 101 and quote incident number 739 and the date of the incident.

Information can also be logged online via South Yorkshire Police’s website.

They said: “We are releasing a CCTV image of a man we would like to speak to in connection with a report of rape in .

“Around 4am on 1 January, a woman reported being raped by a man not known to her in a room at a hotel in St Mary’s Gate.

“We have been conducting extensive enquiries since the incident was first reported to us, but are now appealing for the public’s help to identify the man in this image as we believe he may be able to help us with our .”

Screenshot of a man.
The woman was attacked on January 1 in a hotel room in St Mary’s Gate Sheffield

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