14 May 2015
A rapist who was Tasered by police as he attacked his victim with a brick and a glass bottle has been jailed.
Hamid Zaman sexually assaulted the 33-year-old woman in New Moston, Manchester, before striking her repeatedly on the head.
Officers arrived during the attack and restrained him using a Taser, police said.
Zaman, 34 and of Dickenson Road, Rusholme, Manchester, M13 0, was jailed for 12 years after a Manchester Crown Court trial.
He was found guilty of two counts of rape and one of assault.
After sentencing, Det Con Carol Finch said: “This was a brutal and sustained attack in which Zaman used a glass bottle as a weapon.
“She has had to relive her ordeal in court and I must credit her for standing up to Zaman and helping ensure justice has been done.”
In the Muslim community, the surname Zaman means “a person of the era, times or age”. The origin of the surname Zaman is Arabic