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John Derek Worboys, I'm arresting you on suspicion

of six counts of sexual assault between 2005 and 2008.

They won't be asking you... to testify.

I wanted to look the bastard in the eye

and tell everybody what he did to me.

I wanted to have my moment in court.

Mr Worboys handed you a glass of something bubbly.

And you drank that, too. Because he forced me to.

He's like a professional conman.

You continue to constitute a significant risk of serious harm.

I therefore pass down on you

a minimum custodial term of eight years.

I-I was told that the Crown Prosecution Service

had looked at all the evidence.

No, I can tell you that the CPS

did not review the evidence in your case.

They lied to me.

Why didn't she flag, Dave?

Seems it wasn't ever recorded as a crime.

It was only logged as a crime-related incident.

You know, I've been looking into bringing a complaint

against the police for the way they treated us.

So, you're asking, do I wanna sue the police with you?

My advice would be to pursue this under the Human Rights Act.

The only problem is that it's never been done before.

Eight years did spook me a bit. Yeah, he's not getting out.

After eight years, he could apply for parole.

In order to do that, he'd first have to admit to what he's done.

So, this is where you'll be working.

Everybody, this is Carrie Simonds,

who's joining the Comms team today.

Hey. Hi. Hello.

Oh, it's actually Symonds. Oh, sorry.

And this is Cherry, your new neighbour.

Hi. Hi.

I'll leave you to it.

CARRIE CLEARS THROAT

Carrie? Sorry. Yeah.

I hope you don't mind me bringing this up,

but... aren't you the girl who was a victim of that black cab guy?

The rapist.

Ooh, er... not sure about "victim",

but, erm, yes, I did do some interviews about it.

I understand a lot of women came forward after that,

but... you have sort of put yourself out there now as, like, "that" girl.

Er, well, I...

I learnt a lot from that experience,

about how, you know, the media operates, so...

...hopefully, I'm a bit savvier now.

INTERCOM BUZZES

So, I've printed you both a document

of all the materials we've received from the Met.

And as predicted, they were mightily pissed off

at having to hand it over,

and they even said that they had no desire,

in the current financial climate, "to spend disproportionate sums

"defending a claim that was many years out of date

"and, legally, had no prospect of success".

Well, they can fuck right off. LAILA CHUCKLES

Couldn't have said it any better myself.

OK, so, as predicted, the IPCC investigations

into both of your cases find the complaints are not substantiated,

and the most serious disciplinary action that they recommended

was a... a few written warnings.

What about telling me that the CPS had reviewed my case when it hadn't?

A "genuine mistake".

OK, and what about not telling me that they found the drugs

that he used to sedate me in my bloodstream?

They actually do find that largely substantiated,

but they... they do want to note that the investigating officer

at the time had, erm... a "heavy workload".

What?

We now know that they didn't search

Worboys' house when he was first arrested.

I was told that they did

and that they didn't find anything incriminating.

But, actually, the most incredible revelation

is of the CCTV footage of you leaving the club that night.

LAILA EXHALES

They said that there was no sign of me on the footage.

That's because they were looking at the wrong night -

the 27th, not the 26th.

If they had the correct date,

they would have seen that you left the club at 2am,

and they would have known that Worboys was lying

when he said he picked you up at 3:50.

The initial investigation didn't even analyse

your mobile phone data, which would have confirmed

when you got into his cab and where he took you.

It's like a joke.

I'm guessing it doesn't get any funnier for me?

No. Almost all the allegations in your case, they say, are not proven.

You saying that you weren't believed - not proven.

Being told not to show emotion in your interview...

Well, DC Stephens even denies ever saying that to you,

so it's your word against his.

The only concession is that they agree that the guy living

in your old flat, Billy Houghton, should have been interviewed.

And to cap it all off, they've released a statement

saying that they have improved training and changed procedures

so that none of this will ever happen again.

It's what they always do.

So... what do we do?

Because, to be honest, this is only making me even more determined.

Yeah, same.

We need somebody who's going to take this on for us in court.

And I have somebody in mind.

A really top barrister.

I've met this... guy.

Tell me more.

It was an arranged thing. Erm, my mum insisted on it.

You know, I actually think she would have kicked me out onto the street

if I hadn't agreed to it.

What's his name? What's he like? He's...

...quite nice, actually.

Arham.

You know, good Muslim boy.

He wore cream chinos.

Good-looking?

Not bad.

You gonna see him again?

Don't know.

I just keep thinking...

...what's the point?

I haven't even told my family about what happened to me.

I certainly...

I couldn't tell him.

It's like...

I feel like...

I feel like nobody would want me...

...if they knew.

You know, at some point, you're gonna have to talk about it...

...and not just with me.

You know, I tried that with Gav at first,

keeping it all buried, worrying about what he'd think of me.

It's exhausting.

You know, I couldn't do it any more.

I realised I had to come to terms with what happened to me,

and so I thought, "Fuck it, I'm gonna tell you,

"whether you wanna hear it or not, for my sake."

Mm. Gav's not perfect.

Sure he'd say I'm not easy to live with either, but...

But, to be fair, since I told him, he's been nothing but supportive.

So... maybe give Cream Chinos a chance.

Yeah.

You see, the problem I've got

with this programme you're talking about

is I would have to tell the truth.

I can't just sit here and tell you lies, sir.

The last thing we'd want in a treatment programme

is for you to lie.

No, it's... it's just not in me.

So, why don't we begin with you talking about the offences

for which you've been convicted?

Well, that's the problem, because I didn't do anything.

I'm an innocent man.

And that's your position?

As far as I'm concerned, any encounters were consensual.

It was all just a bit of harmless fun.

And as for drugging them?

Well, I mean, it's... that's complete nonsense.

See, I shouldn't be in here, and that's the truth.

I note you no longer call yourself John Worboys.

You now call yourself John Radford. Why is that?

It's very simple.

The name "Worboys" is dirt, innit?

Because of what those women said about me,

because of their false accusations.

I can't even call myself by my own name any more.

How is that fair?

It's really late.

Why not give it a rest and pick it up again tomorrow, eh?

That police officer who first looked into my case,

DC Stephens, I kept asking him

to talk to Billy Houghton, the guy that lived in my old flat,

because he saw Worboys that night.

Stephens says here that I was

"reluctant" for him to talk to Billy.

What an arsehole! That's such absolute bollocks!

It says here he has never had any specialist training

for investigations into rape or sexual assault

and, in fact, no training at all since 1989.

Oh, God.

I'll see you in the morning.

Don't be too long.

Come!

Ladies, can I introduce you to Phillippa Kaufmann?

Phillippa, this is Sarah, and this is Laila.

Very pleased to meet you. Welcome. Hi.

Now, we're about to go in with the police's lawyers

for what's called a structured settlement discussion.

Basically, can we resolve this without going to court?

Is there a non-financial remedy we can explore,

such as a public apology to you?

Can I just ask, is that a possibility,

a public apology from them?

Not a cat's chance in hell, I'm afraid, but...

it may help our case later on if we can at least say we tried.

Right, ladies, follow me.

DOOR OPENS

29 women were attacked by Worboys after he attacked me,

before he was finally arrested.

29.

Those are all individual lives messed up that didn't need to be.

And those are just... erm, the women that we know about.

I mean, there are almost certainly more

who never reported what happened to them.

I was disbelieved and humiliated,

and I don't believe the police have sufficiently been held to account.

I think the impact of what the police did to me

was worse than the actual rape itself.

Like Laila, I continue to live with a sense of guilt

for all the women that came after me.

Even though I know it's not my fault...

...I ask myself, could I have done more to stop him?

I'm shocked that you won't just admit liability.

The fact that you are fighting this

makes me feel like you still don't believe me.

The police's position is that, whilst we are, of course,

sympathetic to the undoubted trauma you have both suffered...

...we do not admit any liability on the part of the Metropolitan Police.

We believe the investigation into the crimes of John Worboys

was reasonable, ultimately successful.

S... Successful?

It took you five years to work out these attacks were linked.

Year after year, he was left to roam the streets

and attack other women when he should have been locked up!

What we would like to do, however, is to invite you both to attend

a police training programme, present your experiences to the attendees.

The hope is that this would be educational

and beneficial to both sides.

Right, I think we're done here, ladies, Harriet.

Thank you.

Fucking training programme?! Shh.

DOOR CLOSES

OK, now you can talk. They've got two hopes of us talking

to this load of trainee policemen about what happened to us -

Bob Hope and no fucking hope, and you can tell them that from me.

What a patronising load of old bullshit.

Ladies, I think we're gonna get along just fine.

Where's DC Stephens?

It appears the Met are not going to call him to give evidence. What?

I suspect that they think he'll be so undermining to their case

that they want to keep him away at all costs.

Now, the problem is, if we call him,

we won't be able to cross-examine him

because, in cases like this, that's the rule.

So, he won't have to give an account of himself in court?

I'm sorry.

NBV told us that even after she'd been sick in the toilets,

she still carried on drinking.

Did this have, er, an impact on your assessment of NBV?

The CCTV footage of her falling over at the campus

was entirely consistent with the actions of someone

who had had too much to drink that night.

I thought the whole thing was odd.

I thought it was odd that an educated girl

would accept a drink from a stranger in those circumstances.

DSD told us she had taken some cocaine with her friends,

and this showed up subsequently in her blood tests.

Had she also drunk alcohol that evening

before getting into Worboys' cab?

Well, her friends told us they put her into the cab

after their night out because she was so out of it.

My conclusion was that DSD had not sustained

any specific psychiatric injury as a consequence of the rape.

She had, however, suffered a depressive episode

as a consequence of how she had been dealt with by the police.

Well, following the assault, NBV developed symptoms

of post-traumatic stress disorder, including nightmares,

intrusive imagery, flashbacks,

avoidance, anxiety and depression,

poor concentration and social withdrawal.

She still suffers from moderate to severe symptoms.

She can be tearful and experiences mood swings.

And she suffers from continuing sexual aversion

and a lack of sexual enjoyment.

Are you aware, Inspector Underwood,

of a guide which outlines the Met's standard operating procedures

for investigative techniques in rape and sexual assault cases?

I am aware of it, yes.

It lays out detailed steps and considerations to be followed,

from a starting point of treating the victim's account as truthful,

does it not?

I don't know.

Why not, may I ask?

I just can't recall it in any detail.

As a member of one of the Met's Sapphire teams,

which are specialist rape and sexual assault investigation units,

I find that quite an extraordinary thing for you to say.

Well, in my opinion, it's not something I consider practical

to apply to each and every case.

To this case?

I think these policies are fine in theory...

but they're not always applicable to day-to-day policing.

Then why have they been set out by the Met as their guidelines?

I think they have been created purely

to protect the police from legal challenges.

If a case is not classified as a serious sexual assault,

then details of the investigation are not entered

into the Criminal Intelligence Computer Database, are they?

No. Meaning no closing report would need to be done, would it?

No. Is that a good thing?

Honestly?

An opportunity to not have to do one would be taken gladly.

Was there a drive from your superiors at Borough Management

to disprove allegations of rape and sexual assault?

Yes. Why was that?

Because if an allegation can be legally disproved,

then it would improve detection rates.

So junior officers were effectively encouraged

not to pursue allegations of rape and sexual assault

and instead to focus on other crimes such as burglary,

which were easier to clear up. Is that right?

Broadly speaking, yes.

Coming now, DC Coldham, specifically to the case NBV.

Even though her case bore all the hallmarks

of a drug-facilitated sexual assault,

she was not treated as such, was she?

Personally, I believed her account.

But I knew there was no prospect of the case being reopened

once the forensic and toxicology results had come back

as inconclusive.

Even though there were still many important leads

still to be followed up?

Yes. So, under pressure from on high,

her case was not recorded as a serious sexual assault,

supervision from more senior officers did not occur,

and her case was not entered into the data bases?

No.

And the case was cleared up in three months.

No case closure report,

no detailed report entered into the system.

And the Borough's clear-up rate was thereby improved

since the case was not left as unsolved.

Like I say, that... that was the situation at the time.

Thanks. I can't believe you're still waiting on a judgment.

This one'll be born before we hear.

So, how's life, then?

I'll be honest, things are not great with Gav.

Hm? It's me. It's...

I push him away, I know I do.

I just find it so hard to really...

let go emotionally, you know.

He's always been pretty understanding, hasn't he?

Yeah, and he still is.

Sex is shit.

I hate being naked.

I actually hate opening my fucking legs, to be honest with you.

Must be like going to bed with a slab of marble.

At least he got you pregnant.

Yeah, I got a bit drunk that night, which helped.

Let's just say it wasn't entirely planned.

♪ Stand up for Jesus

♪ The strife will not be long

♪ This day, the noise of battle

♪ The next, the victor's song

♪ To Him who over-cometh

♪ A crown of life shall be

♪ He with the King of glory

♪ Shall reign eternally. ♪

Let us pray.

Lord, comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind or spirit.

Give them courage and hope in their troubles,

and bring them joy and salvation.

In your mercy... Lord, hear our prayer.

That those who face difficult times will find the strength to prevail.

In your mercy...

Lord, hear our prayer. Lord, hear our prayer.

For the grace this week,

to live by faith in every circumstance of life.

In your mercy...

Lord, hear our prayer. Lord, hear our prayer.

Hello? Hello, Sarah?

'Hi.' Hey. What's happening?

I just got off the phone to Harriet.

The judge said there was clear evidence

that I had suffered... significant harm

over a long period, and with you...

but for the failures of the police, you wouldn't have been raped at all.

GASPS

'We won.' No way.

We won!

They've awarded me 22 grand, and you 19.

Fuck!

'I'm, like, I'm...'

I can't... I'm...

Harriet said she's sure they'll appeal, but, erm...

we should enjoy today.

I'm glad you picked up.

So, tell me, did he ask the question?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I said yeah!

Laila, I'm so happy for you.

Yeah, Mum and Dad are throwing us a party, it's...

Right, well, go and enjoy it, lovely.

'We'll go for a coffee soon.' Yeah.

Yeah, and I can meet your new baby. 'Yeah.'

All right, I'll... I'll see you soon, yeah?

'OK. See you soon.'

There you are.

You OK?

Yeah.

They're happy tears. THEY LAUGH

They're all waiting in the garden.

OK.

Just one sec. Mm-hm.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Welcome, son. Thank you so much.

SALMA SPEAKS IN URDU Thank you. Thank you.

You! Oh!

Stop. I love you.

Love you too.

CHATTER DROWNED BY MUSIC

This is crazy! Gonna make me cry now.

Stop! You're so silly!

I'm so happy for you!

CHATTER DROWNED OUT BY MUSIC

I am Dr Craissati,

a consultant clinical and forensic psychologist,

and I'm here, Mr Radford, to review your progress.

OK.

Well, I told the other psychologist that I met recently that...

...the time had come for me to change my stance.

I've withdrawn my application

with the Criminal Cases Review Commission

to overturn my convictions,

and I've decided to accept full responsibility for all my offences.

Can I ask what has brought about this change of heart?

Him.

Up there.

The Lord Jesus Christ. He has shown me the way.

I felt so guilty, I didn't know who to speak to.

And then... then I found religion,

and I decided that, you know, if I'm gonna follow the Lord,

I've got to be honest and admit to what I've done.

Let's talk about what happened.

I always felt guilty about my offences.

Yeah, but to begin with, I maintained some hope

that my convictions would be overturned,

and I might be released.

But I can see now that this is unrealistic, and so...

I've decided to use this as a motivation for me

to take responsibility for what I've done.

To let these women know how sorry I am.

And to be honest, you know...

...and talk about everything.

I hope that they will be OK

and get on with their lives, I really do.

I'm sorry, can I get a tissue?

Sorry.

Do you think you're ready to start

the Sexual Offenders Treatment Programme?

That's what He's telling me.

I'm sorry.

DOOR CLOSES Here they are.

As-salamu alaikum, beta.

Wa-alaikumu as-salam.

How are you both?

Not getting much sleep, but, yeah, we're good.

I'll go and make some tea.

BABY GURGLES Ssh, ssh.

House is looking smart.

Would you like to hold her? Oh, can I?

SALMA SPEAKS IN URDU

SPEAKS IN URDU

Shh, tch-tch-tch-tch.

She's so beautiful.

You know, I only ever wanted the best for you.

Hm? You know that?

Yeah. I know.

Arham is a good man.

Yeah.

He is.

You got knocked back, then, on your parole?

I've told them about finding God.

No, I've put my hands up to it all,

told 'em how remorseful I am.

That'll only get you so far, mate.

In my experience, you... you need to give them a reason.

What do you mean?

A reason why you started doing what you were doing in the first place.

If you can't do that,

they're never gonna believe that you know how to stop.

She was an old girlfriend, you know. I don't really wanna talk about her.

I mean, can I?

You know, talk about someone completely innocent?

Whoever this person is,

they can be anonymised in any reports.

Well, she left me.

When was this?

Well, it's about, er, summer time, 2005.

And I was really cut up about it.

You know, and then we were sort of on-off, and...

And then I remember, about a year later,

she phoned me and asked me to come pick her up

and take her back to mine, and I-I was excited about this.

But when I got to this bar, she was absolutely hammered.

Totally drunk.

All I could do was take her home to her mum's,

and I was on my own again.

Absolutely furious.

That night, I went looking for someone.

That would have been the first one.

That was around...

September-October, 2006.

And then it just grew from there.

The truth was, I only gave them half a tablet

because I didn't wanna do 'em too much harm.

And then when they were out of it, I'd just...

...touch their leg or look up their skirt as I sort of...

...played with myself.

I only actually put my penis inside one of 'em.

That's all. For maybe...

...four seconds.

I mean, I don't blame her, my ex,

you know, I-I take full responsibility for my actions.

But I can see now that that was the trigger.

Do you want cereal or toast? Er...

Toast, please.

There you go. You take that.

GIGGLES, CHILDREN CHATTER

PHONE BUZZES

Jack, can you take over a sec?

'It can't be true. It's the same as before.'

We just find out about it from the telly.

They all said, they were confident he wouldn't get out of prison.

It's bullshit!

It's just more fucking bullshit.

For God's sake, he's attacked over a hundred women. I...

How can anyone think it's safe to let him back out on the streets?

Because we are not allowed to know the reasoning,

the biggest problem we have

is trying to understand why they approved this.

Cos they live on Mars?

But why weren't we even consulted?

Because the system doesn't take into account

the views of the victim.

When these things are decided,

the criminal gets a place at the table,

the Parole Board, the Ministry of Justice do too,

but the views of the victim are not even considered.

So we just have to stand by and watch whilst they let him out?

Well, no, we have to bring pressure on David Gauke,

the Justice Secretary,

and get him to order a judicial review of the decision

on the grounds that it was legally irrational

to release Worboys.

And we have to move fast.

One thing we have been able to find out is that...

as late as 2015, he was denied transfer

from a high-security prison to a lower-security open prison

on the grounds that he posed an unacceptable risk.

Yet two years later, they're saying he's suitable for parole?

That sounds pretty irrational to me.

The thought of him being released in just a few weeks is...

It-It's terrifying.

Listen to me.

We are going to fight to stop that from happening.

We are gonna scrap, and we are gonna fight.

I've gotta go.

Laila... No, it... They'll be wondering where I am.

I'll go after her, make sure she's all right.

But this is a fucking disgrace.

You know, I've heard there's a lot of people who are very unhappy

with today's decision.

Whispers that Labour and the Lib Dems might even call

for an inquiry.

Well, that will certainly shove it under David Gauke's hooter.

We need to keep it there.

We need to make a lot of noise, and quickly.

Well, I had a very interesting phone call

from Carrie Symonds this afternoon.

She gave evidence at the original trial?

Yes, I remember her.

Well, now she works for the Conservative Party press office.

And she phoned to say how angry she was and to...

offer her services. Oh, yeah?

Yeah, so I think she'd be very useful in lobbying David Gauke.

Worboys never once showed remorse.

He described his behaviour as banter,

and insisted that the women accusing him of rape,

who took to the stand in tears, shattered by the experience,

had in fact wanted to have sex with him.

The decision to free him was made a few months ago

by a Parole Board panel.

'We don't know who made up this panel,

'and we don't know how and why they came to this decision.'

PHONES RING

Hi, David! Er, just two minutes once you're done. Please.

I'll catch you up. Right.

I just wondered if you might want

to read this op-ed piece that I've written.

What's it about? The Worboys Parole Board decision.

You know that decision was based on the reports

from several psychologists?

I think he's pulled the wool over their eyes.

You might not know this, but as a young woman,

I was drugged by him in the back of his taxi.

And I just thought, full disclosure,

as Justice Secretary, you should know what I've said here.

OK, I'll have a read. Thank you.

EXHALES SHAKILY

Moving down to Belmarsh, then, John?

Not long to go now, is it?

And from there...

...by the grace of God...

...I'll be released.

A free man.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Speech, Carrie!

I would just like to say that I was just as surprised

as you all probably were when I was asked to take this job on,

but I was pleasantly surprised.

I promise to give it my all. Thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Congratulations. Youngest-ever Head of Comms.

You've done so well. Thank you.

I do have just a... a small fly I must put in the ointment, though.

David Gauke told me that the MoJ will not be pursuing

a judicial review

of that Parole Board decision on John Worboys. What?!

Why not? He said something about "legal advice".

But then he's gonna get out! Fuck! Shit! Carrie.

I'm telling you this as a friend, OK?

But people have been saying you've been a bit distracted lately.

Well, then, they can mind their own business. Come on.

I'm just saying,

don't let this stuff get in the way of what's really important, OK?

And why you're actually here.

Your career is taking off, Carrie.

Don't blow it now.

I really thought David fucking Gauke would get behind us.

This is so disappointing.

My guess is he's looked at all of this, and he's thinking

his department doesn't come out of it smelling of roses.

So, what can we do now?

We can push for a review of the decision

on behalf of Sarah and Laila.

Can we do that?

I'm not sure private individuals will have the legal standing,

but we can certainly give it a try.

Money is going to be a problem, though.

The rules have changed since the human rights case.

It's now no longer possible to take out insurance against losing.

Meaning that Sarah and Laila would be personally responsible

for the Parole Board's legal costs if we lost?

Precisely. We need to raise money fast.

But by going against the government, you could be risking your career.

I'm on it!

Yes, it is a letter that I've been asking London MPs to sign,

a lot of them already have,

protesting against the Parole Board's decision.

The women he attacked are fighting to have his parole overturned,

and maybe this is something

that your paper could take a more detailed look at.

And, hey, if you do decide to print,

don't forget to include the details of the CrowdJustice link

at the bottom of your story.

'OK, well, I'll talk to my editor, and we'll keep in touch. All right?'

We're still being contacted by women

who say that they are victims of Worboys.

In the last few days, I spoke to a woman in Bournemouth,

who's convinced that eventually more victims will come forward

from that area because he also drove his cab down there.

How about the appeal for donations to help with the legal support?

Well, we've been completely overwhelmed by the level of support

that we've received since opening our CrowdJustice page.

The donations have been pouring in,

for which we are incredibly grateful.

Rehabilitated?

He denied everything until nine months before

the first time he could apply for parole.

Hm, and then he found God.

Right. Conveniently.

Just in time for parole, he saw the light.

Only gave half a Temazepam.

Says he only raped one woman!

Penis inside vagina for four seconds!

Wait a minute. Yes, here.

Says, "He only started offending in 2006

"after the break-up with his girlfriend."

Yes I've just seen that. Oh, thank you, Lord.

Come on, you two. Mummy's running late.

I want you to be really good for Connor, OK?

Right, ring the bell. Wait there. OK.

INTERCOM CHIMES

OK.

Oh, there he is. It's exciting.

Right, be good. All right, guys.

Go on, run up, there's cakes up there. Bye!

Thanks so much for doing this. It's all right.

I knew it would happen on half-term. Jack's with his mates, so...

It's, not a problem. You know I'm happy to help.

How's things at home? Erm... not great.

Er, Gav's actually moved out now, so...

OK. I'm sorry to hear.

Anyway, I'd better get going, otherwise I'll be late,

but thanks again. OK.

I'll see you later.

PHONE RINGS All right, good luck!

'Hi.' Hi. I'm running late.

Are you nearly there yet?

I'm sorry, I... I didn't get on the train.

I'm not coming down. I just...

'I suddenly thought... the idea of seeing him again...

'I just can't do it.' Yeah.

'I don't know how you can face going back to that horrible time, Sarah.'

Because I wanna have my moment in court with him today.

'Sorry. I know I'm letting you down.'

No, you're not.

'Listen, if that's what you wanna do,

'what you need to do, fuck it.

'Fuck them. Whatever works.'

I am sorry. Stop apologising, OK?

'Listen, I'm gonna have to go, otherwise I'll be late.

But, erm, I'll let you know how it goes, OK?

'OK. Thank you.' OK. Bye. Bye-bye.

Shit.

Erm, Royal Courts of Justice, please.

SHE SIGHS

Thank you.

My Lords, this is a unique case,

in which someone who has been granted his freedom

has then had it taken away from him.

If ever there was a case for the use of the judicial review jurisdiction

to be exercised with the greatest care

and anxious scrutiny...

this is that case.

We see that Mr Worboys has been seriously minimising the nature

and extent of his offending

and has been dishonestly manufacturing his explanation.

Furthermore, we say the Board has failed

to take into account critical evidence,

evidence which it was not in its discretion to ignore.

Evidence which, if it was going to reach a lawful decision,

it HAD to take into account.

In the notes of the sessions, attended with the psychologists,

Mr Worboys admits responsibility

only for those offences for which he was convicted.

A total of 19 offences

carefully selected by the Crown Prosecution Service,

as you can see from their statement,

so as to not overload the indictment.

These offences were against a total of 12 women,

and Worboys says

his offending began in September-October 2006.

But let's look, then, at what evidence is out there,

because that evidence paints a very, very different picture

to the one presented by Mr Worboys to the Parole Board.

The police's conclusion, having investigated all of the offences

that resulted in the charges brought against Mr Worboys,

is that he committed offences against a total of 105 women.

We submit this is very powerful evidence

that Mr Worboys' offending was more extensive

than anything he has admitted.

And, crucially,

we can see from the evidence given to the police by the witness DSD,

we can see that his offending went back to,

at the very least...

May 2003.

That is more than three years before the date

he says is when he began offending,

which blows out of the water the Parole Board's assessment

that he has taken full responsibility

for his offences,

or that he has been open and honest in his account.

LAUGHTER

Happy birthday!

CHILD SHRIEKS

Mama!

THEY GROWL

Look at that!

LAUGHTER

You OK?

There's something I've gotta tell you.

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