Police hunt dwarf who was with woman moments before rapist picked her up and carried her through busy city centre before attacking her
- Detectives are pinning their hopes on DNA breakthrough in bid to find rapist
- Chilling CCTV showed the victim being carried through Birmingham by suspect
- Police were told woman had left bar with a dwarf called Kevin in October 2014
- Rape case remains unsolved with police hoping for a forensic breakthrough
Police are today renewing appeals to speak to a dwarf who left a bar in Birmingham with a woman moments before she was carried off and raped.
Chilling CCTV shows the victim, then 25, being carried through the city centre by the prime suspect before she was attacked on October 19, 2014.
The victim had been on a night out and had left the bar with a dwarf known only as Kevin at 4am before the pair were approached by the rapist.
Police have released an image of a dwarf who left the bar with the victim, known only as Kevin (pictured). They walked along Broad Street towards Granville Street when a man – described as black, tall and shaven-headed – approached them near a Sainsbury’s store
Chilling CCTV shows the victim, then 25, being carried through the city centre by the prime suspect before she was attacked on October 19, 2014
A man, described as black, tall, slim and shaven-headed, spoke to Kevin near a Sainsbury’s store before before violently grabbing the woman and carrying her across Tennant Street where he raped her.
Though police recovered DNA evidence which could identify the offender in July 2017, the rapist has still not been brought to justice.
Detectives said ‘to date no one has been identified’ but a search on the DNA database is run ever year against information they have stored.
Police have also been unable to speak to Kevin as a ‘key witness’ despite two prior appeals in November 2014 and August 2015, when CCTV was first released.
The suspect violently carried the woman across Tennant Street (pictured) before raping her
Detective Constable Danette Calvey, of West Midlands Police’s Public Protection Unit, said at the time of the original CCTV appeal: ‘It must be remembered that this woman has been attacked and that she has displayed remarkable courage by allowing us to release the footage.
‘She hopes these new images may jog someone’s memory and that their call may make the difference to her attacker being caught or left to roam the streets.
‘I implore people to take a good look at the CCTV and focus on the man. I appreciate it was a long time ago but the situation will have looked very odd and will undoubtedly have stayed with you.
‘We will not give up on finding the man who carried out the attack.’