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| John Worboys appears in court charged with four sexual offences | John Worboys appears in court charged with four sexual offences |
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| John Worboys has appeared in court accused of drugging four women in an attempt to carry out sexual attacks. | John Worboys has appeared in court accused of drugging four women in an attempt to carry out sexual attacks. |
| The former black-cab driver is said to have told the alleged victims, whom he picked up in his taxi between 2000 and 2008 in London, that he had won money gambling. | |
| Prosecutors said he offered them alcoholic drinks, such as champagne, which were laced with a sedative. | Prosecutors said he offered them alcoholic drinks, such as champagne, which were laced with a sedative. |
| Worboys, 62, appeared at Westminster magistrates court by video link from Wakefield prison on Thursday. | |
| He gave his name as John Derek Radford before confirming his date of birth, his nationality as British and saying he currently resides in HMP Wakefield. | |
| He listened intently to proceedings and made notes as the prosecutor Jonathan Polnay outlined the charges against him. | |
| Worboys faces two counts of administering a stupefying or overpowering drug with intent to commit rape or indecent assault under the Offences Against the Person Act, and two of administering a substance with intent to commit a sexual offence under the Sexual Offences Act. | Worboys faces two counts of administering a stupefying or overpowering drug with intent to commit rape or indecent assault under the Offences Against the Person Act, and two of administering a substance with intent to commit a sexual offence under the Sexual Offences Act. |
| He did not indicate pleas to the charges, which relate to four women, none of whom can be identified for legal reasons, who made allegations to police in early 2018. | He did not indicate pleas to the charges, which relate to four women, none of whom can be identified for legal reasons, who made allegations to police in early 2018. |
| The first woman was allegedly picked up in Worboys’ taxi after leaving a bar. He is said to have told her he had won money on the horses and that he had been a stripper, before offering her an alcoholic drink laced with drugs in a plastic cup. | |
| Worboys is said to have used similar tactics to drug the other women. | Worboys is said to have used similar tactics to drug the other women. |
| The judge, Michael Snow, sent the case to the Old Bailey, where Worboys is next expected to appear by video link on 20 June. | |
| He told Worboys: “At that hearing, the judge will require you to enter your pleas of guilty or not guilty to those charges.” | He told Worboys: “At that hearing, the judge will require you to enter your pleas of guilty or not guilty to those charges.” |
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