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Mr Price said that by then police had a name and description of the suspect and knew he had a distinctive tattoo on his stomach.
PC David Reed spoke to the taxi passenger, who was holding a pint glass and claimed he was returning home after drinking in pubs, the court heard.
When the officer asked to see his stomach, the passenger replied: "No, you're not f****** seeing" before jumping out of the taxi and running into fields saying: "f*** you", jurors were told.
A police cordon was placed around the field and the force helicopter was deployed, jurors heard.
Mr Price said: "Police found him. He had climbed a tree. A stand-off commenced. He was eventually brought down and at 2.36am on Monday, May 6, he was arrested for offences of rape and abduction."
Police body-worn video captured the moment McCann was arrested, jurors were told.
In response to being cautioned, McCann said: "Possible abduction", the court heard.
When it was explained it was "because of the kids in the car", he told officers: "I did not abduct them. Those two girls wanted a lift", the court heard.
Mr Price told jurors that the defendant refused to be interviewed after he was brought to London but made a comment to an officer who accompanied him on the journey which "may be a little closer to the truth".
McCann allegedly told the officer: "If you had caught me for the first two, the rest of this wouldn't have happened."
Joseph McCann told police 'if you'd had caught me for the first two, the rest of this wouldn't have happened', rape trial told
PC David Reed spoke to the taxi passenger, who was holding a pint glass and claimed he was returning home after drinking in pubs, the court heard.
When the officer asked to see his stomach, the passenger replied: "No, you're not f****** seeing" before jumping out of the taxi and running into fields saying: "f*** you", jurors were told.
A police cordon was placed around the field and the force helicopter was deployed, jurors heard.
Mr Price said: "Police found him. He had climbed a tree. A stand-off commenced. He was eventually brought down and at 2.36am on Monday, May 6, he was arrested for offences of rape and abduction."
Police body-worn video captured the moment McCann was arrested, jurors were told.
In response to being cautioned, McCann said: "Possible abduction", the court heard.
When it was explained it was "because of the kids in the car", he told officers: "I did not abduct them. Those two girls wanted a lift", the court heard.
Mr Price told jurors that the defendant refused to be interviewed after he was brought to London but made a comment to an officer who accompanied him on the journey which "may be a little closer to the truth".
McCann allegedly told the officer: "If you had caught me for the first two, the rest of this wouldn't have happened."
Joseph McCann told police 'if you'd had caught me for the first two, the rest of this wouldn't have happened', rape trial told