Black cab rapist John Worboys, now known as John Radford, has been handed two life sentences with a minimum term of six years for assaulting four more women. The 62-year-old was already serving a life sentence for attacks on 12 women in London between 2006 and 2008.
The four additional victims came forward after a public outcry over a Parole Board ruling in 2018 that he was safe to be freed. That decision was later overturned by the High Court, leading to a review that kept Worboys in prison.
Sentencing him, Mrs Justice McGowan said she did not know when, 'if ever, you will cease to be a risk.' The judge rejected arguments that Worboys posed a low risk of reoffending, noting his fantasy life and refusal to be truthful about his crimes.
The assaults on the four women occurred between 2000 and 2007. Worboys picked them up in his black cab, offered them drugged champagne or alcohol, and then assaulted them while they were incapacitated. One victim said she awoke with no memory of the night before.
Police believe Worboys may have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults on women in London. One of his victims, Becki Houlston, waived her anonymity to speak about being drugged in Bournemouth; however the Crown Prosecution Service said there was not enough evidence to prosecute.
