BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Testimony began today in the trial of a Birmingham man charged with the kidnapping and rape of a jogger off Altamont Road in 2010.

The trial of Nathaniel Lee Baker, 30, is being held before Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Virginia Vinson.

Baker is charged with first degree sex abuse, attempted kidnapping, first degree rape, first degree sodomy and first degree kidnapping in the Sept. 16, 2010 attack of the woman jogger. The attack happened in the 4000 block of Altamont Road.

According to testimony from a Birmingham police officer and a nurse, the woman was jogging about 6:20 a.m. with earphones on when she passed a man unknown to her. The man, armed with a knife, turned around, caught up with her, and grabbed her by the arm, according to the nurse.

Baker is represented by defense attorney Emory Anthony. Deputy Jefferson County District Attorney Cynthia Raulston is prosecuting the case.

Baker was arrested by Birmingham police in May 2011 after they received a report by a woman who said a man in a gold Dodge Neon was following her in the area of Clairmont Avenue and 10th Avenue South. The woman was able to get the tag number of the car and give it to police.