Black cab rapist John Worby’s release ‘to open floodgates’ for other criminals

BLACK cab rapist John Worboys could be the first of many notorious criminals to walk free.

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OUT: Rapist John Worboys was held for less than nine years

He was held for less than nine years on a type of prison sentence that is now banned.

The “indefinite sentence for public protection” was introduced in 2005 to keep convicts behind bars unless they could prove they were fit to release.

It was outlawed six years ago by European courts for breaching inmates’ human rights.

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JAILED: Vanessa George abused nursery children in Plymouth

“The Parole Board must reveal their reasons for releasing Worboys”

Harry Fletcher

Ex-stripper Worboys, 60, has made headlines because he is the first of the most serious cases to win his freedom.

He was jailed for 19 offences of drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women, one of whom he raped.

Others who could be released when their minimum terms end include “depraved” Vanessa George, who abused nursery children in Plymouth.

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RAPIST: Mohammed Liaqat will be eligible for parole next year

Rapist Mohammed Liaqat, leader of a Derby child grooming gang, will be eligible for parole next year.

Parole Board chairman Nick Hardwick said there were a “number of high-profile cases bubbling away”.

Victims’ Rights Campaign founder Harry Fletcher said yesterday: “The Parole Board must reveal their reasons for releasing Worboys.”