[6][7] Born in Enfield, Middlesex,[8] Worboys left school with few qualifications and was employed in jobs including milkman, junior dairy manager and security guard.
[14][15] During the early hours of the morning, Worboys picked up a young office worker in Regent Street, offering to take her to her home address in Tufnell Park.
Police seized CCTV from outside the student's halls of residence, which showed the woman clearly unsteady on her feet, walking away from Worboys' cab and to where she lived.
[15] A victim reports to police that she was raped by Worboys during the journey from a nightclub in Tottenham Court Road to her home address in Putney.
[14][15] Police found a "rape kit" in the boot of Worboys' Fiat Punto, containing champagne miniatures, plastic gloves, a torch, vibrators, condoms, sleeping tablets and an ashtray he used to crush drugs.
[19] In a safe in Worboys' garage police found hand-written notes outlining his planned explanations if he was questioned again following his 2007 arrest.
During the drive to her home address, Worboys told her that he had won at the casino, passing a drink through the glass partition of the taxi.
From this, the Metropolitan Police asked her to make a statement, however, the Crown Prosecution Service later told Houlston that there wasn't enough evidence to charge Worboys.
[22] 'Fiona' 'Fiona' (not her real name) (described in court documentation as 'DSD') was picked up by Worboys, on her way home to her young baby, having been out celebrating a friends birthday.
On reporting it to police that morning, a urine sample was taken, indicating traces of the active ingredient within Nytol (however, at that time, the significance wasn't noted).
The commander of Greenwich police, Chris Jarratt, 49, was moved on due to failings in this inquiry and an unrelated murder investigation.
[26] The handling of Worboys' case was brought before the Independent Police Complaints Commission,[8] who concluded that proper investigations could have prevented some of the attacks.
[29] 'Fiona', who had been raped by Worboys in 2003, later recalled that when she reported the matter to police two days later, she was told that she was 'not believable' and that a black cab driver 'just wouldn't do that'.
[33] By October 2010, the Metropolitan Police had received 102 additional complaints from women in London and Dorset,[34] with 19 more victims coming forward since he had been convicted.
[36] As a result of this case, a hearing was held at the Supreme Court in March 2017 to establish whether survivors should be able to sue the police under the 1998 Human Rights Act's Article 3 (under which it was decided to pay damages to the two women).
[14] However, on 18 May 2015, with approximately 9 months until the minimum term Worboys had to serve before eligibility to be released on parole, Warboys admitted he was responsible for his offending.
[14] Worboys stated that he had 'always felt guilty', with then recent media coverage of historical abuse cases only intensifying those feelings.
[14] Worboys outlined that whilst he had previously maintained hope that his convictions would be overturned, he now thought that this was unrealistic, which provided further motivation for him to take responsibility for his offending.
A risk assessment by the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), concluded that Worboys remained a high-risk of serious harm if he was released, but that he was at low-risk of reoffending.
It was recommended that before Worboys was moved to open conditions or released, he was 'given the opportunity to learn about the potential risks associated with pornography use on the internet'.
[14] However, on a separate instance, on 8 August 2017, the Secretary of State determined that Worboys should remain as a Category A prisoner, as 'there was insufficient evidence of risk reduction'.
This assessment was based on his offending having taken place over an 18 month period, with Worboys presentation at that time 'one of openness and full accounts of the offences' having been developed.
The following day, Nick Hardwick, the chairman of the Parole Board, apologised "unreservedly" after it was reported that some of Worboys' survivors had not been informed about his pending release[39] and The Guardian reported that Richard Scorer, the lawyer for several of Worboys's alleged survivors whose cases were not included in the original criminal prosecution was ready to bring fresh prosecutions against him.
[40] On 28 March 2018 Hardwick resigned as Parole Board chair following a successful legal challenge quashing its decision to release Worboys.
[43] In June 2019 he admitted the attacks on four women:[1] On a night out in 2001, CJ left a wine bar in central London, hailing Worboys taxi.
Stopping in a road off of the A40, Worboys served her what appeared to be red wine in a plastic cup; this was CJ's last memory.
He added it was his aim to ejaculate, however, often the victim would wake up, causing him to panic, with him returning immediately to the driver's seat of the taxi, before continuing the journey.
Worboys added that the sexual assaults became more regular from October 2006, with the immediate trigger being his partner contacting him after they had broken up, asking him to collect her after a night out, suggesting that she returned home with him.
Worboys described that he was 'enraged' and her heavy intoxication angered him, and he decided to act, fetching drugs and drink, before searching for a victim on that night.
Worboys enabled himself to 'create a fantasy as a seducer, which made him feel powerful and virile', by seeking out women who had characteristics that he despised.