John Worboys, the London black cab rapist, has received two life sentences with a minimum duration of six years for assaulting four additional women.
The 62-year-old, currently identified as John Radford, was incarcerated in 2009 for assaults on twelve women in London.
The four victims emerged following a public outcry prompted by a Parole Board decision deeming him safe for release.
During the sentencing of John Worboys, Mrs. Justice McGowan stated that she was uncertain when, if at all, he would no longer pose a risk.
In 2009, John Worboys was incarcerated permanently for public safety, with a minimum sentence of eight years, after being convicted of 19 sexual offences against 12 women between 2006 and 2008.
In January 2018, the Parole Board announced that John Worboys will be released after completing a 10-year sentence; however, victims contested this ruling.
The High Court subsequently overruled that ruling, prompting a reconsideration in which the Parole Board determined that John Worboys must remain incarcerated.
Reasons cited for denying John Worboys’ release were his “sense of sexual entitlement” and a desire to exert control over women.
Becki Houlston informed the BBC that John Worboys administered drugs to her in Bournemouth.
Prosecutor Duncan Penny QC before the Old Bailey that psychiatrist Philip Joseph determined John Worboys had been “fantasising” about assaulting women since 1986.
A probation assessment from August of this year concluded that “he is potentially as dangerous now as at the time of the initial sentence.”
Following the testimonies of the four women, John Worboys, from Enfield, acknowledged two charges of providing a substance with the intent to perpetrate rape or indecent assault.
He additionally pleaded guilty to two additional charges of giving a drug with the purpose to perpetrate a sexual offence.
Mr Penny stated that the initial victim was selected in 2000 or early 2001 during an evening at a wine bar on Dover Street in Soho.
The second victim, a university student living in north London, was picked up after a night out with friends at a club on New Oxford Street in 2003.
John Worboys’ third victim was picked up after a night out on King’s Road in 2007 where he told her he had won £40,000 at a casino and offered her champagne.
The court heard John Worboys told the fourth victim he had won the lottery and offered her and her friend miniature bottles of champagne.
Mr Penny said: “She woke up in bed the following morning. The bedclothes had not moved and her hands were crossed over her chest, which was unusual.
“She was sufficiently unnerved to check herself. There were no visible signs she had been touched.”
Mr Penny told the court: “The consistent themes throughout, together with the content of what took place, seems to be the profound effect not knowing what happened has had in each of these women throughout their lives, as a result of having been unfortunate enough to get into the defendant’s black cab.”
If an offender tells lies, does that increase their risk to the public? That’s the key issue at the heart of this case.
John Worboys lied to psychologists before his parole hearing in 2017, giving a carefully-crafted account that tallied only with the crimes he’d been convicted of.
He was assessed as safe to be released from prison. But, when more victims came forward Worboys changed his story.
Despite this Dr Jackie Craissati, an experienced clinical forensic psychologist, told the court she believes Worboys poses a low risk of sexual reoffending.
She says she doesn’t expect offenders to give “truthful and full” accounts of their behaviour when assessing how dangerous they are.
The judge clearly did not agree, and many others may baulk at the idea that someone who can’t be trusted to tell the truth about their crimes can nevertheless be trusted in the community.
Police believe John Worboys may have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults on women in London.
Becki Houlston, who has waived her right to anonymity, said John Worboys drugged her in Bournemouth.
“He was pretty pre-meditated from the get-go, and I was a woman on my own,” she told the BBC.
“He is highly manipulative and relentless. It becomes easier to just accept a drink to shut him up.”
In Ms Houlston’s case, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there was not enough evidence to prosecute.
Reacting to the sentencing, the CPS’s Tina Dempster said: “John Worboys is a dangerous predator who still poses a clear threat to women.”
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