Hunt for suspect after woman dragged off busy street and raped in Covent Garden

Hunt for suspect after woman dragged off busy street and raped in Covent Garden Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published September 4, 2026 3:28pm Updated September 4, 2026 3:28pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video New CCTV footage has been released in the hunt for a rapist who attacked a woman in central London. The victim, aged in her 20s, was approached by a man as she walked through the crowded streets of Shaftesbury Avenue, Cambridge Circus and Drury Lane early on Saturday, August 22. He dragged her into a doorway in Macklin Street before raping her. The woman left the scene and made a report to police shortly after the attack, which happened at around 5.20am. Scotland Yard issued a wanted appeal for the