Victim: Rapist taxi driver is still a danger
A victim of black cab rapist John Worboys has said she feels “shocked, shaken and tearful” that he is going to be released from prison and fears he could still be a danger to women.
The decision to release the 60-year-old nine years after he was jailed prompted anger from victims and questions around why not all of the 102 complainants had had their cases brought to trial.
Worboys was found guilty of 19 charges of drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women passengers as well as one case of raping a woman when he was jailed for life in 2009.
But the unnamed victim says she learned he was to be released from jail via a news report rather than the authorities, which had left her feeling “cheated and betrayed”.
She said: “I never thought Worboys would see the light of day after the terrible offences he committed. I honestly thought he would never be allowed out of prison.
“So I was shocked, shaken and tearful when a friend sent me an email with a link to the story of his imminent release.
“I hadn’t been told by the parole board and had to find out by looking at a news website, which is completely out of order.
“I felt cheated and betrayed. They could have at least sent me a letter.”
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Parole Board has “apologised unreservedly” to Worboys’ victims.