CCTV appeal in relation to rape in Cheltenham

Officers have released CCTV footage of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a rape in Cheltenham.

Last month police had appealed for information after a distressed woman was found by a member of the public on the Honeybourne Line.

The woman, aged in her 40s, was found shortly after 5am on Saturday 6 August.

The investigation has been ongoing, and it is believed a man raped the woman off the path shortly before 5am. The woman did not know the man.

Extensive CCTV enquiries have been taking place and police would now like to speak to the man pictured in connection with the ongoing investigation.

The man had walked across the Waitrose bridge, through the underpass under the bridge and onto the Honeybourne Line. He was last seen in Gloucester Road and Libertus Road.

Anyone who recognises him is asked to contact police by completing the following online form, and quoting incident 74 of 6 August: https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us/us/a-crime-that-has-already-been-reported