John Worboys lived alone in Rotherhithe, South London, before marrying Kate Santos in 1991; the couple separated after four years.
17 Facts About John Worboys
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John Worboys was in a relationship at the time of his arrest in 2008.
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From 1987 to 2000, John Worboys worked as a stripper, using "Terry the Minder" as a pseudonym.
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John Worboys hired out his flat in Poole, Dorset, for making pornographic films.
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John Worboys worked as a taxi driver in Bournemouth while living at his holiday flat in Poole.
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John Worboys was a London black cab taxi driver who picked up women as fares late at night in central London.
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John Worboys would tell each woman he was celebrating coming into a large amount of money, usually by winning the lottery or at a casino, show her a carrier bag full of money to back up his story, and then suggest she drink a glass of champagne with him, which he had drugged with sedatives.
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John Worboys' DNA was recovered from a semen stain in one woman's underwear, a wristband belonging to another woman was found in his house and a third woman's address was found in his notebook.
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John Worboys pleaded not guilty to all 23 counts brought against him.
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John Worboys received an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection with the minimum custodial term set at eight years.
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The judge ordered that John Worboys should be banned from driving a passenger vehicle for profit.
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The handling of John Worboys' case was brought before the Independent Police Complaints Commission, who concluded that proper investigations could have prevented some of the attacks.
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On 4 January 2018, the BBC reported that John Worboys was to be released from prison.
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John Worboys, who was by now 60 years old, had spent 10 years in custody including a period on remand.
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John Worboys would have to report to probation staff every week and was barred from contacting any of his survivors.
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In November 2018, it was announced that John Worboys would remain in prison.
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On 17 December 2019, John Worboys was sentenced to two life sentences with a minimum term of six years for attacking the four women; the earliest of the offences occurred in 2000, five years before previously known attacks.