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| Sex charge driver had drug in cab | Sex charge driver had drug in cab |
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| A taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting 14 female passengers and raping one of them has admitted to having sleeping tablets in his cab. | A taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting 14 female passengers and raping one of them has admitted to having sleeping tablets in his cab. |
| John Worboys, 51, from Rotherhithe, south-east London, told Croydon Crown Court he mixed the pills with a drink on his way home to help him sleep. | |
| He also said he lied to police when he denied having sexual encounters with passengers in his black taxi. | He also said he lied to police when he denied having sexual encounters with passengers in his black taxi. |
| Mr Worboys denies 23 charges including rape and sexual assault. | Mr Worboys denies 23 charges including rape and sexual assault. |
| 'Spiked drinks' | 'Spiked drinks' |
| He is accused of giving drinks spiked with drugs to women he picked up outside night spots in his cab before sexually assaulting them. | He is accused of giving drinks spiked with drugs to women he picked up outside night spots in his cab before sexually assaulting them. |
| He admitted he engaged in sexual activity with some customers but denied spiking their drinks. | He admitted he engaged in sexual activity with some customers but denied spiking their drinks. |
| Prosecuting, Johannah Cutts QC read a statement Mr Warboys made after his arrest in February last year, in which he denied touching any of his passengers in a sexual way in his cab. | Prosecuting, Johannah Cutts QC read a statement Mr Warboys made after his arrest in February last year, in which he denied touching any of his passengers in a sexual way in his cab. |
| Miss Cutts said: "That's a lie, isn't it?" | Miss Cutts said: "That's a lie, isn't it?" |
| Mr Worboys replied: "Yes, but I had my reasons for putting that statement, because I thought it was irrelevant because it was consensual." | Mr Worboys replied: "Yes, but I had my reasons for putting that statement, because I thought it was irrelevant because it was consensual." |
| 'To help sleep' | 'To help sleep' |
| The court also heard Mr Worboys had the sleeping pill temazepam in his cab and that the same drug was found in the urine of one of his alleged victims. | The court also heard Mr Worboys had the sleeping pill temazepam in his cab and that the same drug was found in the urine of one of his alleged victims. |
| He said the drug was to help him sleep. | He said the drug was to help him sleep. |
| Ms Cutts said he was trying to explain away an awkward piece of evidence. | Ms Cutts said he was trying to explain away an awkward piece of evidence. |
| Mr Worboys said: "If I was out to drug these women, I would admit it now, and I did not drug these women." | Mr Worboys said: "If I was out to drug these women, I would admit it now, and I did not drug these women." |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |