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'Taxi rapist' John Worboys to be freed from jail 'Black cab rapist' John Worboys to be freed from jail
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One of the UK's most prolific rapists, John Worboys, is to be freed from jail.One of the UK's most prolific rapists, John Worboys, is to be freed from jail.
The taxi driver carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults on women who were passengers in his cab after giving them drug-laced drinks between 2002 and 2008. The black-cab driver carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults on women in London between 2002 and 2008.
In 2009, he was convicted of 19 offences and ordered to serve at least eight years in jail. The former stripper from Rotherhithe, south-east London, gave his victims drug-laced Champagne before attacking them.
In 2009, he was convicted at Croydon Crown Court of 19 offences and ordered to serve at least eight years in jail.
It is thought Worboys, who is now 60, has spent 10 years in custody including a period on remand.It is thought Worboys, who is now 60, has spent 10 years in custody including a period on remand.
After a hearing about his case in November, the Parole Board decided to approve his release with "stringent" licence conditions.After a hearing about his case in November, the Parole Board decided to approve his release with "stringent" licence conditions.
He will have to report to probation staff every week and is barred from contacting any of his victims.He will have to report to probation staff every week and is barred from contacting any of his victims.
'Victim unaware' 'Appalling' crimes
One of Worboys' victims told BBC News they were unaware that his parole hearing had been successful and he was due to be let out.One of Worboys' victims told BBC News they were unaware that his parole hearing had been successful and he was due to be let out.
Worboys' period on licence lasts for at least ten years and he can be sent back to jail if he breaches any licence conditions. Worboys' period on licence lasts for at least ten years and he can be sent back to jail if he breaches the conditions.
The Parole Board said in a statement: "We can confirm that a three-member panel of the Parole Board has directed the release of Mr John Worboys, following an oral hearing."The Parole Board said in a statement: "We can confirm that a three-member panel of the Parole Board has directed the release of Mr John Worboys, following an oral hearing."
During the trial, the jury heard that Worboys picked up his victims in the capital's West End and gave them Champagne laced with sedatives, claiming he had won the lottery or had won money at casinos.
Worboys was convicted of one rape, five sexual assaults, one attempted assault and 12 drugging charges.
In 2010 Worboys had an appeal against his conviction thrown out by the Court of Appeal, where Lord Justice Moses labelled his offences as "appalling".