Wanted rapist caught in Manchester six days after horrific attack on woman

Fikadu Yemane was arrested in Manchester19:14, 28 Aug 2026A 'predatory' rapist strangled a woman to the point where she almost passed out before going on the run, police have said. Fikadu Yemane, 29, who was arrested in Manchester six days after his sickening attack, has now been jailed.Detectives called his crimes 'downright predatory' and said he took advantage of a 'vulnerable victim' - a woman who was 19 at the time.Yemane, of Castleton Walk in the Bradford district of east Manchester, but originally from Eritrea, met the woman in Manchester in July 2025, after they arranged to meet via social media, police said.Click here to hear the latest from Manchester's courts in our newsletterThey knew each other and had arranged to go to an address in Crewe, Cheshire, together with another man,