John Worboys and parole board chair Nick-Hardwick
John Worboys and parole board chair Nick-Hardwick Credit: PA/PA

One of the UK's worst sex offenders, the black cab rapist John Worboys, is to stay behind bars for the foreseeable future - but only because two of his victims had the courage to challenge his release at the High Court. They have won a ruling that overturns the Parole Board's decision to release Worboys, who will now remain in prison while the board looks at the case again. This is a huge victory for the victims, who pointed out that Worboys had made notes of their addresses and knew where they lived, and women more widely.

 Undated Metropolitan Police handout file photo of John Worboys Credit: Metropolitan Police/PA

 

The fact that the Parole Board had agreed to release the multiple rapist, who preyed on women as he drove round London in his black cab, caused shock and outrage when it...

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