A man has been jailed after a woman was raped in the Manchester City Centre.
19 year old Ricardo Rodrigues-Fortes-Gomes of Old Hall Drive, in the Gorton area of Manchester has been sentenced to six years in prison for two counts of rape.
Shortly before 7am on Saturday 23 July 2016, police were called to reports that an 18-year-old woman had been raped.
A witness told the police that they recall hearing a woman screaming “If I tell you I don’t want to do this, then you stop.” It was at this point they saw a man pinning a woman to the floor. The man fled the scene prior to police arriving.
The woman was taken to a police station and supported by specially trained officers. Later that morning, Gomes was arrested.
Gomes was jailed on Friday at Manchester Crown Court, after being found guilty at an earlier hearing.
Detective Constable Dave Jones of GMP’s Major Incident Team, said “Gomes is now behind bars and unable to force himself upon people for his own selfish sexual gratification. Not only did he subject his victim to a horrifically prolonged attack, he made her endure the distress of a trial by denying his involvement. It takes an enormous amount of bravery for victims of rape to come forward and I have no doubt that the bravery shown by the woman has helped secure this prosecution.”
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