07 August 2026

Press Release Sexual offences North West

A rapist who posed as a good samaritan has been jailed today at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court after raping a woman in Manchester.

Mohammed Al Masri, 25, and a second man followed the woman, who had been on a night out with a friend and was heading home on 22 December 2025.

He offered to get her a taxi home but instead took her to a house in Manchester where she was raped.

He was found guilty following a trial in July 2026 and has been jailed today for eight years. A 10-year sexual harm prevention order was put in place to prevent further offending.

Anna Mackenzie, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “Mohammed Al Masri posed as a ‘good samaritan’ when he offered to help the woman get a taxi home after a night out, but his motives were far more sinister.

“The way he targeted a lone woman who he believed would be vulnerable through alcohol was both calculating and insidious.

“Al Masri’s vile actions have had a lasting impact on the woman. I truly hope today’s sentence will help her move forward knowing that without her bravery and support, this dangerous man would still be in our community.

“There is no place for rape or sexual violence in our society, and the CPS is determined to bring offenders to justice.”

The victim had been on a night out in Manchester with a friend on the evening of 21 December 2025, the friends parted at the end of the night and the woman planned to get a taxi.

In the early hours of 22 December, she was walking down the road on the phone to her boyfriend, when she realised she was being followed and told her boyfriend about it.

The pair approached her and offered to get her an Uber home, she saw them type in her address and believed they were trying to help her.

When they both got into the taxi with her, she felt unsafe and shared her location with her boyfriend.

The taxi driver later told police that the woman had passed out in the taxi, and the two men had helped her out of the car.

She was taken into the bedroom of a house in Manchester where Al Masri raped her, while his friend remained in the room.

Meanwhile, the woman’s boyfriend had contacted the police and shared her location.

The police located the address in Manchester and found the woman in bed upstairs.

Al Masri was arrested at the scene and taken to the police station. During his police interview he claimed that the woman had consented to the sexual activity, but this was disproved at trial on 2 July 2026, at Manchester Crown Court, when he was convicted of rape.

• Mohammed Al Masri (DOB 12/04/2001) of Gordon Street, Manchester, has been sentenced for rape.
• The second man was arrested but released without charge.
• Anna Mackenzie is a District Crown Prosecutor within CPS North West’s Rape and Serious Sexual Offence (RASSO) Unit.