He is believed to have attacked more than 200 women, the specimen charges related to 14 women. So far, 85 have come forward.
A particularly shameful aspect of the case is the way in which some of the women who reported his attacks to the police were treated:
A senior officer told The Times: “We are really in a lot of trouble over this. Some heads are on the block. Some women were not treated well by police, some were told to 'F*** off, black cab drivers don’t do that sort of thing’. Others were not taken seriously because they were drunk.”
Equally, Worboys was caught due to the diligent detective work of a policeman tasked to investigate one attack who recalled hearing of another … then found a further link.
As a woman, this has not made me reconsider using a black cab any more than serial killer Harold Shipman has stopped me going to my GP. Predators like this can hide in any walk of life.
“Sarf of the river, lady? I ain’t gahn sarf at this time a night.” So they’re still a bunch of fuggers.
Firstly, has this cabbie been tried in a court of law yet?
Secondly, why should it have any effect of the standing of the other 21,000 or so Licenced Hackney Carriage Drivers in London? There have been quite a few coppers convicted of rape in the past, do you now see every police officer in the same light as the guilty ones?
I have got to tread carefully here. I’m posting from work. Nice to see some positive points from wildwoodflower & Chunks. It is not a laughing matter. I’m a controller who has done 19 years with this company, and this is the last sort of publicity the trade needs. What with all the shite in the financial business-where we get most of our work. Then we have to justify this:http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/4368.aspx
Yes, a 3.4% increase on the meter. Are they nuts?.
I dont like black cabbies because they always rude to bikers…my point was they always show how law abiding and clean they are and in news always use to point the finger on mini cabbies…that ladies are not safe with them…now they will think twice…