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A shocking video shows the moment a sex beast pretends to be a taxi driver to pick a woman up on a night out before kidnapping and raping her is revealed as he is jailed for 18 years.
Yuseab Woldeab, 27, lured the woman into his vehicle by pulling over and offering to drop her home after a night out. However, after she passes out in his vehicle, Woldeab takes her back to his own house and rapes her.
The video of the 'pick-up' was released by police today as Woldeab was jailed for 18 years after a jury found him guilty of two counts of rape and one of kidnap.
Plymouth Crown Court heard how the victim, a woman in her 20s, had been out with friends on the evening of Sunday 24 April last year.
Yuseab Woldeab, 27, has been jailed for 18 years after having been found guilty of two counts of rape and one of kidnap
Shocking footage captures the moment Woldeab lures a woman into his vehicle by offering to drop her home after a night out, but instead kidnaps and rapes her
After several hours drinking in bars and then at a friend's house, she headed home alone in the early hours of the following morning.
CCTV obtained by detectives shows the victim, who was heavily intoxicated, stumbling along the pavement before a three-door Ford Fiesta, registered to Woldeab, passes her as she walks on Union Street in Plymouth, Devon.
Further footage shows the same vehicle pulling into Octagon Street and parking up while he watches the victim walk along the street.
Unaware of the car, the victim continues to walk towards Devonport. After a short wait, the vehicle performs a U-turn and proceeds down Union Street in the same direction as the victim.
At around 4am, the driver is seen pulling up next to the victim. This is when Woldeab identified himself as a taxi driver and offered to take her home.
CCTV footage shows the heavily intoxicated victim stumbling along the pavement before Woldeab's three-door Ford Fiesta passes her as she walks on Union Street in Plymouth, Devon
At around 4am, the driver is seen pulling up next to the victim - this is when Woldeab identified himself as a taxi driver and offered to take her home
The victim is seen getting into the front passenger seat as the vehicle begins to drive off before she has had a chance to close the door.
Plymouth Crown Court heard how during this journey; the victim was blacking out due to intoxication.
Woldeab then drove the victim to his home address in Wilton Street and put the victim onto his bed where he proceeds to rape her before leaving the
