CCTV images released after woman was raped in Sheffield hotel room by man she didn't know
The woman was attacked in the early hours of New Year's Day in a room in St Mary's Gate, Sheffield.
South Yorkshire Police said the suspect is 5ft 10ins tall, of slim build and has short black hair, with a stubbly beard and a slit in one of his eyebrows.
The force has now released CCTV stills showing a man they would like to speak to about the incident, amid a series of 'extensive enquiries' into the alleged rape.
In an appeal, South Yorkshire Police wrote: 'We are releasing a CCTV image of a man we would like to speak to in connection with a report of rape in Sheffield.
'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 investigation.
'He is described as being 5ft 10ins tall. At the time he was slim and had short black hair, a stubbly beard and a slit in one of his eyebrows.
'Do you recognise him?'
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