FELLOW PRISONER REVEALS BLACK

SNEERING sex attacker John Worboys shrugged off his rape spree and asked for tips to convince a Parole Board to free him, a fellow lag reveals today.

The so-called Black Cab Rapist boasted his victims found him “dazzlingly attractive” and said he wanted to return to the streets where he carried out his sick crimes.

Monster Worboys, 60, showed remorse, regrets and compassion for the women – up to 200 – he is feared to have drugged and assaulted.

When quizzed about his crimes he would stare menacingly and switch “from rational to angry in a second”.

Fellow prisoner Matthew Gallagher, 46, told the Sunday Mirror how Worboys:

Played down his crimes by insisting he “didn’t drag his victims into his cab”.

Asked to be coached on how to convince probation officials he was no longer a danger.

Chillingly plans to join a dating website when freed – and wants to return to London, where he conducted his reign of terror.

Our remarkable revelations show hapless Parole Board officials were duped into announcing in January that Worboys would be released. That led to a public outcry and a judicial bid by some victims which forced an embarrassing and costly U-turn.

CONNING

trawl law books for loopholes.” Worboys has already cost taxpayers £166,000 in legal aid but the blunder over his planned release will have sent that bill soaring.

The former stripper was a cabbie when he targeted women on nights out in London’s West End. He pretended to have won the lottery and offered passengers champagne, wine and vodka to celebrate with him. But the drinks were laced with sedatives.

Worboys was jailed in 2009 for 19 offences against 12 women and ordered to serve at least eight years. He believes he has served his time, is being kept locked up for political reasons and plans to go to the European Court of Human Rights to win his freedom.

Since being jailed 19 more women have come forward to say he assaulted them and another 10 went to the police after it was revealed he was up for parole.

Worboys denied any wrongdoing until 2015, when he told psychologists he “always felt guilty” and claimed he wanted to “take responsibility”. He blamed alcohol and the stress of the break-up of his marriage.

One psychologist noted he “appeared nervous throughout, on occasion becoming tearful”. The board recommended release after he completed a sex offenders’ programme – saying he had been “open and honest” and recommended release.

But Matthew told how Worboys would turn nasty when pressed about his crimes.

REJECTION