A 42-year-old man has been arrested and released pending further investigation following the attack last Thursday in Motherwell.
The woman was with another female passenger and two men, who were dropped off at an address at around 8.30pm.
She got back into the taxi and asked to be taken home – but he allegedly refused and sexually assaulted her in the back of the private hire silver Chevrolet Cruze.
The woman managed to escape and flagged down a passer-by who took her to the police station.
Detective Inspector Aileen Boyle from the Divisional Rape Investigation Unit said: “Extensive enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding what happened and it is absolutely vital that anyone who can assist with our investigation comes forward.
“We understand that there may have been other members of the public in Glen Court around the time of the incident and we are appealing to anyone who noticed a taxi or a woman in distress to please get in touch.
“You may think your information is not significant, but let us be the judge of that, because it could be important to our enquiries."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Divisional Rape Investigation Unit based at Motherwell via 101, quoting incident number 3872 of Thursday 18 October 2018.
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