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| John Worboys victims' plea to review rape claims | John Worboys victims' plea to review rape claims |
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| Almost 100 cases against sex attacker John Worboys should be reconsidered by the Crown Prosecution Service, lawyers for his victims have said. | Almost 100 cases against sex attacker John Worboys should be reconsidered by the Crown Prosecution Service, lawyers for his victims have said. |
| Worboys, 60, is thought to have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults on women in London. | Worboys, 60, is thought to have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults on women in London. |
| Lawyers have asked the CPS for 93 cases that Worboys was not prosecuted for to be reassessed. | Lawyers have asked the CPS for 93 cases that Worboys was not prosecuted for to be reassessed. |
| Worboys, who was jailed in 2009, faced prosecution for allegations made by 12 women. | Worboys, who was jailed in 2009, faced prosecution for allegations made by 12 women. |
| He gave his victims drug-laced champagne before attacking them in the back of his cab. | |
| Last week the Parole Board decided Worboys would be released with "stringent" licence conditions after he completed his minimum term of eight years in jail. | Last week the Parole Board decided Worboys would be released with "stringent" licence conditions after he completed his minimum term of eight years in jail. |
| Slater and Gordon, a law firm that represented 11 of Worboys' victims, has now sent a letter to the CPS asking it to "undertake a thorough review of all available evidence against Worboys to determine whether he can be prosecuted in respect of further offences". | Slater and Gordon, a law firm that represented 11 of Worboys' victims, has now sent a letter to the CPS asking it to "undertake a thorough review of all available evidence against Worboys to determine whether he can be prosecuted in respect of further offences". |
| 'Linked to Worboys' | |
| It comes after the law firm also sent a letter earlier this week to the probation service calling for him to be excluded from the Greater London area upon his release. | |
| Richard Scorer, a lawyer at Slater and Gordon explained how Worboys was only prosecuted for 12 complainants out of "some 105 in total whom, we understand made complaints to the police". | Richard Scorer, a lawyer at Slater and Gordon explained how Worboys was only prosecuted for 12 complainants out of "some 105 in total whom, we understand made complaints to the police". |
| "Furthermore, in the wake of media observations following the conviction, an additional 45 incidents were reported, of which 18 were linked to Worboys," he added. | "Furthermore, in the wake of media observations following the conviction, an additional 45 incidents were reported, of which 18 were linked to Worboys," he added. |
| Mr Scorer also wrote Worboys' victims were told their attacker would "not be coming out for a long time" and therefore another trial was "not necessary". | |
| "To the extent that this was the CPS's expectation at the time, this has clearly not happened and this justification for not bringing further prosecutions has fallen away," the letter reads. | |
| "We therefore formally request that the CPS make a public commitment to reconsidering the evidence in all Worboys cases with a view to further prosecution." | "We therefore formally request that the CPS make a public commitment to reconsidering the evidence in all Worboys cases with a view to further prosecution." |
| BBC London has contacted the CPS for comment. | BBC London has contacted the CPS for comment. |