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A man who violently raped a Manchester student with an accomplice is starting a prison sentence. Ali Majid Kadir, aged 21 of Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, was found guilty of three counts of rape and has been jailed for 12 years for each count. These sentences will run concurrently.

A man who violently raped a Manchester student with an accomplice is starting a prison sentence.

Ali Majid Kadir, aged 21 of Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, was found guilty of three counts of rape and has been jailed for 12 years for each count. These sentences will run concurrently.

He has also been ordered to sign the Sex Offenders' Register for life.

The victim, who was 20 at the time, had been at a friend's house in the Longsight area on Sunday 21 September 2008.

She left the house and began to walk home.

She spent around an hour walking around before she asked Kadir and another man for directions and they offered to help her find her way.

The three of them walked around for about another hour before they led her to Alexandra Park.

Kadir and the other man began drinking alcohol and smoking cannabis. The victim became uncomfortable and attempted to walk off. She was grabbed by one of the men, stripped naked and repeatedly raped.

After the men left the woman got dressed and made her way onto a nearby street where she hailed a taxi which dropped her off outside the Queen of Hearts pub on Wilmslow Road.

She was met by a friend who described the victim as being 'hysterical' and 'shaking vigorously'.

Police were called and an investigation was launched. DNA samples taken from the victim matched that of Kadir. He was subsequently arrested and charged.

Detective Constable Charlotte Nutter, of Longsight CID, said: "The victim was clearly lost and becoming upset when she came across Kadir and the other man.

"He used the situation to his advantage and subjected the woman to a completely vile attack.

"Understandably the victim is still haunted by what has happened but I hope today's sentence will help her move on in some small way.

"I am pleased Kadir will now spend many years behind bars where he belongs."

Police are still hunting Mamand Rasoulpour in connection with the attack.