‘Dangerous as ever’... black cab rapist given another two life terms
BLACK cab rapist John Worboys has been jailed for life with a minimum term of six years for attacking four more victims as a court heard he remains as “dangerous” as ever.
The 62-year-old predator, who is already in jail for attacking 12 women, had pleaded guilty to spiking the drinks of an additional four women who came forward last year.
The court heard Worboys had since admitted to a psychologist that he plied a total of 90 women with alcohol and drugged a quarter of them after being inspired by pornography.
Worboys told psychiatrists he had been “fantasising” about his crimes since 1986 and was motivated by “hostility towards women”.
A probation report in August this year found: “He is potentially just as dangerous now as the point of the first sentence.”
Sentencing Worboys yesterday, Mrs Justice McGowan said: “Your offending spans five years more than previously known.
“I do not know when, if ever, you will cease to be a risk. It will be for the Parole Board to decide in the future.”
The judge added she was concerned about his ability to “manipulate others” and his “failure to admit” the risk he posed.
The Old Bailey heard how Worboys was locked up indefinitely for public protection for a minimum of eight years in 2009 after being found guilty of 19 sex offences against 12 women between 2006 and 2008.
Last year, the Parole Board overturned a decision to release him and ruled that he should remain in prison, citing his “sense of sexual entitlement”.
As a result of the publicity, more victims came forward to report attacks dating back to 2000, meaning he had been committing crimes up to six years longer than previously thought.
Worboys, from north London, admitted two charges of administering a drug with intent to commit rape or indecent assault and two further charges of administering a substance with intent to commit a sexual offence.
Afterwards, Richard Scorer, who represented 11 of Worboys’ victims, said: “Today’s sentencing will be welcome to Worboys’ many victims, but only if life really means life.
“Worboys is an exceptionally manipulative and dangerous individual.
“He will always pose a risk to women and he can never be allowed back into society.
“Given the many past failings in this case, his victims remain very concerned that he could game the Parole Board once again.
“He needs to be locked up permanently. Only then can his victims finally feel safe.”
Tina Dempster, of the CPS, added: “John Worboys is a dangerous predator who still poses a clear threat to women.
“The CPS concluded it was clearly in the public interest to prosecute him again when more victims came forward last year and revealed he had been assaulting women much earlier than he appeared prepared to accept or to admit to the Parole Board.”
In all, Worboys received two life sentences with minimum terms of six years for drugging women with intent, plus six years in jail for two charges of administering a substance with intent. All of the sentences are to run concurrently.