The woman, a 23-year-old from Southampton" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Southampton" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="151998">Southampton, reported the incident to police on the morning of July 22, 2018 after the man, Shafiullah Zahid, lured her into his van on the pretense he was being a good Samaritan offering her a lift home after she had been on a night out. What followed was a police investigation by the Amberstone team based at Southampton Central Police Station.

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