John Worboys: why the 'black-cab rapist' decision matters

Outrage grows over release of London cabbie said to have sexually assaulted hundreds of women

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John Worboys was convicted in 2009 of 19 offences against 12 women
(Image credit: Police handout)

There is widespread anger today over the decision to release rapist John Worboys, a London black cab driver jailed for life in 2009 for drugging and sexually assaulting multiple female passengers. The London cabbie had been handed an indeterminate sentence with a minimum term of eight years.

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