1 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,279 Had a big win at the casino earlier. 2 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,559 40 grand! Oh, wow. 3 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:22,999 I was wondering if you'd have a drink for me? 4 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,239 'I think I was raped last night. Must've put something in my drink.' 5 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:28,319 If he did, why would he drive you to a police station? 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,040 Stop saying "if"! 7 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:32,559 Therefore, I do have to tell you 8 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,399 that our investigation is being closed down. 9 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,119 It just feels like you don't believe me. 10 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:40,519 So, this taxi driver offers you a drink, and you take it? 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,319 He was taking me home for a fiver. 12 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:43,999 I mean, it's difficult to keep saying no. 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,199 The taxi driver pushed this tablet in my mouth. 14 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,279 If he did assault you, then it would be extremely unlikely 15 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:51,439 for him to drive you home. 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,759 His cab would be identified on university CCTV. 17 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,039 They're asking how you want this designated as a crime? 18 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,080 Just tell them "not known at present". 19 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,879 Because quite some time has passed, the substance you were given 20 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,639 may not be present any more in your blood. 21 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,679 'So, how many times you been out with this guy, then?' 22 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:11,279 'Four?' 'So pretty serious.' 23 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,000 'Yeah. I like him.' 24 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,159 I have been informed, Laila, that the Crown Prosecution Service 25 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,799 has declined to proceed with any charges. 26 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,359 If you would like to collect 27 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:22,759 your clothing and possessions, 28 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,799 I can arrange for somebody to hand them to you. 29 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,599 You'll need to hang on to them cos you're gonna need them as evidence 30 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,640 when you realise you were wrong about me. 31 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,799 I'd like to report a rape. 32 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,039 He's a black cab driver. 33 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:36,159 That's four attacks, 34 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,280 and we haven't really got started on a proper search. 35 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,039 Look over there. Is it that one? 36 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:48,280 Can you see Mummy? 37 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,439 Not yet. Whose that, eh? 38 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,319 Mummy! Hello, sweetheart. 39 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:54,800 Look at that balloon! 40 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,680 Do you want up? 41 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,679 Do you want to say hello to your baby brother? 42 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,159 This is Lenny. Hello, Lenny. 43 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,159 Can I touch him? Yeah. Of course you can touch him. 44 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,520 Be careful. Good boy. 45 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,079 LENNY WHINES SOFTLY Aw, big grunts. 46 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,680 Oh. How's it feel, Daddy? 47 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:17,399 I can't believe it. 48 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,279 What do you think? He looks pretty. 49 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,759 He is pretty. He's very pretty. 50 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,119 You're amazing. SHE CHUCKLES 51 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,279 How are you? Yeah, my back's killing me. 52 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,159 I'm leaking milk all over the place, but happy. 53 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,679 What do you think? He looks lovely. 54 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:35,120 He does look lovely! 55 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,199 30 grand! 56 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,599 On a scratchcard. HE LAUGHS 57 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,119 I couldn't believe it. 58 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:47,399 I mean, something like that 59 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,839 never happens to people like me, does it? 60 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,399 Er, no, never. 61 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,559 Congratulations. 62 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,760 Anyway, I can't drink cos I'm driving, so this is on me. 63 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,040 Cheers. 64 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,119 No, look, I'm an idiot, really. 65 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:17,639 You know, the first thing you do 66 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:19,639 is you go and buy a bottle of Champagne, don't you, 67 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:20,999 if you win money as big as that? 68 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,559 But, like, I'm driving, ain't I? 69 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,279 I just didn't think. I... I was so excited. 70 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,480 HE LAUGHS What am I like? 71 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,639 So, how broad-minded are you, then? 72 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,639 SHE BREATHES SHAKILY 73 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,399 You won't believe some of the stories 74 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:41,639 people tell me in this cab. 75 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:43,159 DOOR HANDLE RATTLES 76 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,119 What guys are prepared to pay for when it comes to sex. 77 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:47,360 Can you let me out, please? 78 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,799 SHE EXHALES 79 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,560 Like, would you, say... 80 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,079 ...give someone a blowjob for a lot of money? 81 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:58,999 Like... You know, like, say, five grand. 82 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,479 Would you give a guy a blowjob for five grand? 83 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,519 Look, I've texted my husband. He'll be waiting for me. 84 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,839 See, you're a gorgeous-looking girl. 85 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:08,519 Would love to have sex with you. 86 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,399 Now, why not make a few quid on the side? 87 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,039 Let me out. Open it. 88 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:13,439 Just think of it as a bit of a laugh. 89 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:14,679 Let me out! 90 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,079 HE CACKLES 91 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,559 That's my husband. Let me out. HANDLE RATTLES 92 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,600 Open it! LOCK CLUNKS 93 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,400 You've really wasted my fucking time tonight! 94 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,639 My team has now taken over this investigation, 95 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,959 and the number of attacks we are investigating 96 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:40,719 has now risen to five 97 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,959 after further searches of our database 98 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:48,239 revealed another possibly linked sexual assault in June 2005. 99 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,279 So the plan is to put out a press release on Friday morning, 100 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:55,519 with the object of making the women of London aware 101 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,759 that there is potentially a serial sex attacker out there, 102 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,679 driving a black cab. 103 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,119 Why has a link between all these attacks only just been made? 104 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:05,599 From what you've just told me, 105 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,679 he's been doing this for a minimum of three years. 106 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,319 So why wasn't a link spotted before now? 107 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,199 Aren't your team supposed to be looking for links the whole time? 108 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,719 The link was picked up in a routine review of sexual offences. 109 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,239 Routine? 110 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:19,639 Well, your other routine reviews 111 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,519 couldn't have been very thorough, then. 112 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,039 Not if this was missed for three years. 113 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,920 We are doing all we can. 114 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,120 One other question - why Friday? 115 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,119 Why wait until Friday to get this out there? 116 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,440 Plans have to be put in place. 117 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,039 What about other girls going out in London tonight? 118 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,320 'They're in danger too, aren't they?' 119 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,800 HURRIED BREATHING 120 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,800 HE GRUNTS 121 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,679 VIBRATOR BUZZES 122 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,279 SHE WHIMPERS No, no, no, no, no, no. 123 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:11,120 Stop... You stay down there, right. 124 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:15,720 What you doing, eh? 125 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,720 SHE BREATHES SHAKILY 126 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,600 TYRES SCREECH 127 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,039 The key information 128 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,279 is that we believe there is a black cab driver out there 129 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:49,279 tricking women passengers 130 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:52,839 into drinking a glass of Champagne which he has drugged, 131 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:56,599 and then sexually assaulting those women. 132 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,639 Now, typically, he tells them he's had a win 133 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:00,519 at a casino or on the lottery 134 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,959 and that he wants them to celebrate with him. 135 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:05,640 Then he offers them the Champagne. 136 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,759 Now, we have linked five cases so far, 137 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,119 but we believe there are more, 138 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,199 which is why we're asking anyone who recognises this method, 139 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,119 or any method similar to this, 140 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,279 to come forward and help us identify this man. 141 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,239 You will not believe what he said to me this time. 142 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,479 What's he done now? I thought he was joking, right? 143 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,479 But he says, "If I bought you a ring, would you move in with me?" 144 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,559 Oh. And I'm like, "Ooh, what type of ring?" 145 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,959 And then he says, "A friendship ring." 146 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:33,479 A what? Exactly. 147 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,839 I said, "You can get lost, mate. A friendship ring? 148 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,919 "What do you want me to be? Your housemate?" 149 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,279 Can I get a veggie sausage, please? He's taking the piss, isn't he? 150 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,839 Just the one? Yeah, thanks. 151 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,560 Rachel? What's up? 152 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,200 I need the supervisor. 153 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:55,039 A nurse? 'Works at a Haven Centre.' 154 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,319 Now, she said she saw The Sun today. 155 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:58,759 And in July of last year, 156 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,159 they dealt with a girl with an almost identical story. 157 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,479 Driver said he'd won big at a casino, 158 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,519 gave her Champagne she was convinced was drugged. 159 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,479 Well, that's it. That's now six victims. 160 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,079 Yeah, but the important bit... 161 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,839 is the cab was caught on CCTV at her university halls of residence. 162 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,599 'We've got a name and address for the driver.' 163 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,920 John Derek Worboys, lives in Rotherhithe. 164 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,919 WINDOW OPENS 165 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,640 What's all this about, mate? John Worboys? 166 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,719 Yeah. I'm a police officer. 167 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,720 Can you come down and open the door, please? 168 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,679 Well... I've been out working all night. 169 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:10,400 What do you want? Come down and open the door. 170 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:22,519 What is it? 171 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,999 John Derek Worboys, I'm arresting you on suspicion 172 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,239 of six counts of sexual assault between 2005 and 2008. 173 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,639 You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence 174 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,239 if you do not mention, when questioned, 175 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,000 something which you later rely on in court. 176 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,839 'They're on their way back to Sutton nick with him now.' 177 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:42,320 House is being searched. 178 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,679 Why didn't she flag, Dave? 179 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:48,079 The girl the nurse told us about. Yeah. 180 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,359 Right. I, erm... I checked that out. 181 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,399 Seems it wasn't ever recorded as a crime, 182 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,639 so there's no criminal intelligence report in the system. 183 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,999 What? It was only logged as a crime-related incident. 184 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,359 But that's against protocol. 185 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,720 The starting point is that she should be believed. 186 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:52,399 'A suspect was arrested earlier today.' 187 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,719 So we are now asking any women 188 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,039 who think they may have been attacked by this man 189 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:58,320 to please come forward. 190 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,719 'They may well feel that something has happened to them, 191 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,199 'but might not be certain what. 192 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,759 'But it's important for everyone who recognises this man's behaviour 193 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,079 'to get in touch with us as a matter of urgency.' 194 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,599 'Do I admit making a mistake 195 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,719 'getting into the back with her? 196 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,519 'Could say, got in the back to help her find her stuff, 197 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,880 'and she flashed her tits at me.' 198 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,519 And what would you say to any women who do come forwards 199 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,639 who are perhaps feeling scared or vulnerable? 200 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,999 I would say that they will be supported, 201 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,960 that they will be listened to... 202 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,320 ...and that they will be believed. 203 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,159 I'd go Koh Samui over Phuket every time. Every time. 204 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,159 I mean, both in Thailand, but Hannah said 205 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,399 she's sold three holidays in Koh Samui in the last fortnight. 206 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,839 What do you think of Koh Samui? Yeah. It's all right. 207 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,679 I'm going there next year. Defo. Love Koh Samui. 208 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:01,479 PHONE BUZZES She's winding me up, though, Hannah. 209 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:02,959 "Can you order some more A4? 210 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,879 "Can you get a coconut-scented candle? 211 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,519 "Can you go out and get me a coffee? Almond milk not dairy." 212 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,199 I've got a question to ask you, Hannah - 213 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,119 what did your last bloody slave die of? 214 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,159 Er, I'm sorry, I think I've forgotten something. 215 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,319 You what? Erm, can you just...? 216 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,520 Just tell Hannah I won't be a minute. 217 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,599 'They didn't even warn me.' 218 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,560 It's him, isn't it? 'Yeah.' 219 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:45,880 Yeah. 220 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,799 It is. It... It's him. 221 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,520 It's exactly what he did to me. 222 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,759 Why am I finding out about it from a newspaper? 223 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,920 What the fuck? What the fuck am I supposed to do? 224 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:03,120 PHONE BUZZES 225 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:07,479 Frankie, I'm just feeding the baby. 226 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,519 'Are you watching the news?' What? 227 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,519 Just turn the news on now. ITV. 228 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,240 One sec. 229 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,919 'Typically, he tells them that he has won some cash 230 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:21,919 'at the casino or on the lottery. 231 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:26,159 'Then he offers them a drink of Champagne, which he has drugged. 232 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,159 'Most of the women who have so far come forward 233 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,079 'have no memory of what happened 234 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:34,679 'in the period after drinking the Champagne.' 235 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:36,919 They, er, said at the start of the report 236 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:38,159 that he was a black cab driver. 237 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,839 'Mate, it's exactly how you said it happened.' 238 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,159 They wouldn't listen to me. 239 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,879 I thought I was going mad. 'I know.' 240 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,160 You've got to call them, Sarah. No! 241 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:52,600 SHE EXHALES I can't go through that again. 242 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,920 Well... please just think about it. 243 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:01,639 I haven't even told Gav what happened. 244 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,599 I was told by a friend 245 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,159 about the story in The Sun newspaper today, 246 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,999 and when I read it, I knew straight away 247 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,280 that this man had done something similar to me. 248 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,919 Yes, it was in July of last year. 249 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,879 I was told, when my case was gonna be closed down, 250 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,839 that one of your officers didn't think a black cab driver 251 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:23,799 would risk his licence by assaulting a fare. 252 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,720 That... That is what was said to me. 253 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:31,359 No, what... what I want to know is if the man who was arrested today 254 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,959 is the same man who attacked me last year. 255 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,559 Can you at least tell me that, please? 256 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:38,160 I-I don't need a name. 257 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,280 OK. Thank you very much. I've got to go now. 258 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:51,920 It's the same man. 259 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,440 A long time ago, er, five years ago, before I met you... 260 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,040 ...I was raped. 261 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,719 But nobody believed me. 262 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:12,320 The police didn't believe me. 263 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,440 Not even Connor believed me. 264 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:20,879 And the man who did it, he's done it to other women too, 265 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,240 and he's just been arrested. 266 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,600 Come here. Erm, it's all right. I don't need a cuddle. 267 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,040 I've put it behind me, and that's where it's gonna stay. 268 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,720 They've asked people to come forward, but I'm not going to. 269 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:45,919 You have to go to the police, Sarah. 270 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:47,959 It's enough that I know, 271 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:49,640 after all these years, that I was right. 272 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,840 That that man did drug me, he did attack me. 273 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,560 Beyond that... I don't want to waste any more of my life on him. 274 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,039 OK, let's start with the allegations 275 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:23,719 of you touching female passengers in your cab in a sexual way. 276 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,879 How do you respond to this? No comment. 277 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,759 Er, Mr Worboys will not be answering any of your questions tonight, 278 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:29,959 as is his right. 279 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:31,959 But he has prepared a statement, 280 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:33,880 which he is prepared to read out to you now. 281 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:36,879 OK, John. 282 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:38,400 Let's hear what you have to say. 283 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:50,440 CLEARS THROAT 284 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,919 I am innocent of all the allegations 285 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:57,280 that have been put to me. 286 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:03,199 I have never made sexual contact with any passenger whilst in my cab, 287 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,959 and I have also never administered any form of drug to a passenger, 288 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,760 also whilst in my cab. 289 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,879 I am innocent of all of these allegations 290 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,439 that have been put to me 291 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,439 and offended that anyone would think that I, 292 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,719 as a respected black cab driver, 293 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,079 would be capable of behaving in this despicable manner. 294 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:27,720 Thank you. 295 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,400 I'm completely innocent. 296 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:35,639 OK, John, 297 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:37,999 you will be detained for further questioning, 298 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,360 and we're also gonna need some swabs and a DNA sample from you. 299 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,080 PHONES RINGING, BUSY CHATTER 300 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,879 It's been white hot all day. 301 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,479 How many linked cases? 43. 302 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,879 43 positively linked. 303 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,119 Same description, same modus operandi. 304 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:10,959 And that number is only gonna rise when the lines open again tomorrow. 305 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,279 43? Yeah. 306 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,240 I mean, 43? 307 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,560 What is happening here? 308 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,239 LENNY VOCALISES 309 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,960 I've just got to get it all straight in my head before I call them. 310 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,119 Want a cup of tea? Yeah, please. Thank you. 311 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:01,680 Come here, you. 312 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:07,560 I called him a lovely man. 313 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:09,880 Hm? 314 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,600 He gave me a cigarette, and I said he was a lovely man. 315 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,680 I can't bear that I fucking said that to him. 316 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,200 You're doing the right thing. 317 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:29,920 Come on. 318 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,559 Why did nobody tell me 319 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,520 that you were going to arrest this man? 320 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,479 Very sorry about that. 321 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:45,399 Why did I have to find out about it through the newspapers and the TV? 322 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,239 The answer is to do with the original team 323 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,159 who investigated your complaint. 324 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:54,519 It seems they only recorded it as "a crime-related incident" 325 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,599 and not as a crime, 326 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,759 so your details and the details of the complaint 327 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,439 were never properly in the system. 328 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:03,600 Right. 329 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,360 Right. EXHALES DEEPLY 330 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,039 Because you know they... 331 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,439 they didn't really believe anything that I said. 332 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,239 I'm not gonna sit here and try and defend the original investigation. 333 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,240 Good. Because it appears that mistakes were clearly made. 334 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,480 To be told, effectively, that I was lying was devastating. 335 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:30,840 Do you understand that? 336 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:34,840 Absolutely devastating. 337 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,280 And I've had to live with that for the last five years. 338 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:47,359 My parents were devastated when I left uni. 339 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:50,680 But I've never told them, or my brothers... 340 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:54,919 ...what happened to me, because we're not that kind of family. 341 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,519 So when the police, 342 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:02,839 the only people that I thought would... support me, 343 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,559 turned their backs on me, that left me totally alone. 344 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,879 Well, if the CPS had reviewed the evidence in your case, 345 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:09,999 perhaps there might have been a different outcome. 346 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,799 But unfortunately, that is... Wait, wait. Sorry, you, erm... 347 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,759 Did you... 348 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,400 Did you just say that the CPS did not review my case? 349 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,320 No. 350 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,199 I was told that the Crown Prosecution Service 351 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:32,439 had looked at all the evidence and decided not to proceed, 352 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,279 which is... which is why they closed the investigation 353 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:36,600 in the first place. 354 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,079 No, I can tell you that the CPS 355 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,800 did not review the evidence in your case. 356 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,159 The decision to close your investigation 357 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,480 was made by the senior officers overseeing it. 358 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,759 They lied to me. 359 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,559 I am sorry to say we haven't been able 360 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,719 to locate your Achieving Best Evidence video... 361 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,360 or any of the items of clothing you told us about. 362 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,999 What? None of the items you were wearing that night 363 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,520 were where they should have been - in the evidence store. 364 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:11,520 SHE SCOFFS SOFTLY 365 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,039 I reckon they got rid of all my evidence when he was arrested 366 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,919 because they knew it would make them look bad. 367 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:21,880 I don't know if that's the case. 368 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,039 I can only hope that it isn't. 369 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,879 Now, I'm guessing they were looking for the classic date-rape drugs, 370 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,679 such as Rohypnol, and didn't find any. 371 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,599 No, no, no, but they told me they found nothing. 372 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,439 Like I was... Like I was... lying. No... 373 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,439 Like I was lying about being drugged. That's... 374 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,839 The tests showed diphenhydramine, 375 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,559 which is the active ingredient in Nytol, was found in your urine. 376 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,520 OK, so if they'd have just... 377 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,439 ...asked me, I could have told them 378 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,400 that I've never knowingly taken that drug in my life. 379 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:53,879 There were drugs in my bloodstream? Yes. 380 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,479 Er, citalopram, codeine and morphine. 381 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:58,799 SHE EXHALES Hang on. 382 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:00,559 I've never taken citalo-whatever-it-is 383 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:01,640 in my bloody life. 384 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,319 It's a prescription anti-depressant. 385 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,679 Never taken an anti-depressant. OK. 386 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,360 Why didn't they tell me they found these things in my blood? 387 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:13,680 Why didn't they tell me? 388 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,560 To feel like you're not being believed... 389 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,239 ...and then to find out 390 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,920 they couldn't even be bothered to do their job properly, I... 391 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,480 I can't explain to you... 392 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:36,400 ...how angry and brutalised... 393 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,320 ...and bewildered I feel. 394 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,559 I would say that, erm, 395 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,039 based on just this conversation today, 396 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,039 you might have grounds for a formal complaint. 397 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,439 And if you like, I could give you the... 398 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,440 the details of who to take that to. 399 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,479 And who would that be? 400 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,000 It's a body called the IPCC. 401 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,480 The Independent Police Complaints Commission. 402 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:10,960 Yeah, I've heard about them. 403 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,840 I work for a firm of solicitors. 404 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,759 The IPCC, it's made up of ex-police officers, isn't it? 405 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,039 Yeah. 406 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,520 So the police marking their own homework. 407 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,160 I can tell you now, they'll find that nobody did anything wrong. 408 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,200 Laila Mahmood. 409 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,280 Carrie Symonds. 410 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:49,000 Sorry. 411 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:56,800 That's him. 412 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,720 OK. 413 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,120 Sarah Adams. 414 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:28,640 Oh, God. Yeah. That's him. 415 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:41,840 SHE SIGHS 416 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,680 I was, er, talking to Mrs Purvis today, at my art class. 417 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,560 She said her daughter's decided she wants to study law. 418 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,639 She said she warned her it's going to take many years of hard work, 419 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,440 but the girl seems adamant. 420 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,599 She doesn't even want to take a gap year. 421 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,480 She's going to start in September. 422 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,080 Admirable, don't you think? 423 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,719 I'm going to the garden centre tomorrow, 424 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,719 if you want to come, Laila? 425 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:24,240 Pick up a few pots for the garden. Fancy it? 426 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:28,960 No, I can't. Sorry. 427 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:34,639 I have to work on Saturdays. Oh. Oh. 428 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,480 So, how's things? Yeah, OK. 429 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:38,799 Work? 430 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,479 I mean, I endure it rather than enjoy it. 431 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,719 You still smoking? 432 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,200 Er, no, I've quit. 433 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,519 I mean, very occasionally. Mm. 434 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,959 I'm still trying to stop. Why? 435 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,679 I'm just concerned about your health. 436 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,319 My health's fine, isn't it? Yeah? 437 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,479 Come on. Well, that's good. That's good. 438 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,320 I just... I wanted to say I'm sorry. 439 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:05,319 Look, I saw the news, and I've read the papers. 440 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,880 I'm sorry for not believing you. 441 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:17,719 Jack, go back into the kitchen 442 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,559 and get yourself a Snickers out of the fridge. 443 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:20,719 I don't want a Snickers. 444 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,519 Go into the kitchen, take whatever you want, 445 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:23,679 but just eat it in there! 446 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,560 Yeah. Go on, mate. 447 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,679 Sarah, I'm sorry. 448 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,359 Like, I'm so sorry. 449 00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:37,080 I was in a room the other day... 450 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,520 It was full of women waiting to do identity parades. Yeah. 451 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,040 It almost killed me. 452 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,840 All these women who'd gone through what I went through... 453 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,320 ...who would have been spared it if... 454 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,039 ...if they'd only believed me. 455 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,759 Yeah, but you can't blame yourself for that. 456 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:01,920 Can't I? 457 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,439 Did I try hard enough? You did. You did. 458 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,319 I know you did. Just... 459 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,040 Sorry. 460 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,599 You know, my life's OK. 461 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:16,880 I'm happy enough. 462 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:19,840 Gavin's a nice guy, and... 463 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:22,920 ...we've got Lenny, and I... 464 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:26,840 ...I thank God every day for him. 465 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,520 But I should have still been here, Connor. 466 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,759 Living with you. 467 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,080 Jack should have been living with his mum and dad. 468 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,000 I should have been your wife. 469 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:44,560 I loved you. 470 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,800 That's how much this has fucked up my life. 471 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,600 But thank you for your apology. 472 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:04,960 I accept it. 473 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:11,040 Jack! 474 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,799 Er, what's that? 475 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:17,559 CONNOR CHUCKLES 476 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,040 Come on. 477 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,999 See you on Monday. Mm-hm. 478 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,160 See you later, mate. 479 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,800 CHATTER 480 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,600 John Worboys will be in court today... 481 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:51,159 We're gonna proceed in court 482 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,799 with charges relating to 14 of the women he attacked. 483 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,000 14? 484 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,199 But there... there are loads more than that. 485 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,679 The CPS wanna keep the case as simple as possible for the jury. 486 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,120 They're worried it could get bogged down in too much detail. 487 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,559 I'm not entirely sure I agree, but OK. 488 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,439 We want you to be one of the 14 489 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,359 and give evidence in court against Worboys. 490 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:15,519 'Me?' 491 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,639 But I'm still not sure what he did to me. 492 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,079 That doesn't matter. 493 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,399 You know, his offending had a pattern to it, 494 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,599 and your experience exactly fits that pattern. 495 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,199 And crucially, you had a really good recollection 496 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:28,920 of most of your journey home with him. 497 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,239 And the CPS also think that your mother's evidence 498 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,439 about knowing that you weren't drunk, 499 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,959 that she thought you'd been drugged, will also be helpful. 500 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,240 So you want me to give evidence, too? 501 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,000 I sit? 502 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,839 'OK, so we've heard from the CPS.' 503 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:23,440 The plan is that 14 of the women are gonna speak in court. 504 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,720 But they won't be asking you to testify. 505 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,199 Why? 506 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:32,679 Well, the thing is, you... 507 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,400 you didn't pick him out in the ID parade. 508 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:38,719 It'd been a long time, 509 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,919 and he looked really different with me that night. 510 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,479 And because so much evidence from your case has been lost... 511 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,360 Fucking destroyed, in my opinion! 512 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,439 It's about not giving the defence an opening, Sarah. 513 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:53,800 SHE SIGHS 514 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,119 That's hard. 515 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,359 Cos I wanted to look the bastard in the eye 516 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,600 and tell everybody what he did to me. 517 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:05,800 I wanted to have my moment in court. 518 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,359 I wanted to look him in the eye and say, 519 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:13,120 "Yeah, I'm sending you to prison, because that's where you belong." 520 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,679 I know. I'm sorry, Sarah. 521 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,639 Sometimes, in these... these big cases, 522 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,800 it's... it's easy to overwhelm a jury. 523 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,519 So the strategy is to... to stick to the offences 524 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,760 where we've been able to collect the most comprehensive evidence. 525 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,319 And 14, is that enough? 526 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,759 Well, the CPS are confident that this will give the trial judge 527 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:42,679 enough ammunition to put him away for a long, long time. 528 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,160 SHE SIGHS 529 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,319 OK. 530 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,719 Mr Worboys freely admits a good deal 531 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,639 of the circumstances surrounding these events. 532 00:33:54,640 --> 00:34:00,119 For instance, he has always actively sought to engage female passengers 533 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,439 in conversation in his taxi cab, 534 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,600 "banter" as he calls it. 535 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,999 And he sometimes did this by telling them, falsely, 536 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:14,119 that he had won money that night through gambling 537 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,199 and by showing them a bag filled with cash. 538 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,479 But he says this was simply a conversation starter 539 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:25,119 and his objective was not sexual, it was simply female company. 540 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,520 It was an ice-breaker, in that respect. 541 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,959 He is adamant that any sexual contact 542 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:37,599 between him and any woman in his taxi was consensual, 543 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,959 that it was non-penetrative, 544 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,840 and that it was initiated by those women. 545 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,479 No, I don't remember feeling scared that night. 546 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,999 You didn't feel threatened by Mr Worboys? 547 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,599 No. I actually thought he came across as sort of pathetic. 548 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,039 Not some sort of predatory monster, 549 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:04,120 just a normal taxi driver engaging in some banter with you? 550 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:07,959 I actually think that harmless demeanour 551 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,439 is what makes him so dangerous, 552 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,559 precisely because he puts you off guard 553 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,479 as he hands over his drinks from the front. 554 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,720 He's like a... a professional conman. 555 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,759 It's clear, would you agree, 556 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,999 that your daughter had been drinking that night? 557 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,319 A few drinks, correct. 558 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:28,639 So I put it to you that it's reasonable to assume 559 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,719 that she was intoxicated? 560 00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:33,279 I've never seen her intoxicated. 561 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,759 She rarely drinks alcohol. 562 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,799 She was in distress. 563 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,880 She was insensible. She was like a rag doll. 564 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,079 There was something else in her system. 565 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,080 She was vomiting continuously. 566 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:50,800 You don't get like she was that night just from a few drinks. 567 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:05,359 I swear by Allah that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth, 568 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,400 the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. 569 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,240 Two large glasses of red wine. 570 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,199 Yes. And you drank those. 571 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,840 And then you go to the toilet, and you are sick? 572 00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:30,359 Yes. I... I sometimes get nauseous when I'm on my period. 573 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,759 But that was not going to deter you from your plans for that evening, 574 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:37,119 and you went back to your friends and carried on as normal. 575 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:38,479 In your statement, 576 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:42,280 you say you then had two vodkas and lemonade? 577 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:44,839 Yes. 578 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,199 And did your drinking stop there, 579 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,759 or did you have rather more to drink that night 580 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,040 than you've told us about? 581 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:53,799 Not that I remember. 582 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,799 Shortly after you got into his taxi, 583 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,760 Mr Worboys handed you a glass of something bubbly? 584 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:02,840 Maybe Champagne, something like that. 585 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:05,720 And you drank that, too? 586 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:08,839 Yes. 587 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:13,040 Why? Because he forced me to. 588 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,519 He... He wouldn't take "no" for an answer. 589 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,719 Oh, but he's driving. He's in the front of the cab? 590 00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:19,919 Yes, but he just... 591 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,999 He... He kept persisting and persisting and persisting. 592 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,439 But he can't actually force you to drink it, can he? 593 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,359 Well, he forced me to take the pill? We'll come to that in a minute. 594 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:32,239 My question to you is why you felt you had to drink that Champagne 595 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:34,120 when you were not obliged to? 596 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:38,040 Because... 597 00:37:39,240 --> 00:37:40,280 LAILA STAMMERS SOFTLY 598 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,639 ...he wouldn't take "no" for an answer. 599 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,679 Or is the reality that he was being a very chatty 600 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:50,999 and personable taxi driver, engaging in some banter with you, 601 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,399 who'd offered you a drink, 602 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,520 and which you had accepted and drank perfectly happily? 603 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:58,879 No. 604 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,519 You say you remember him getting into the back of the cab 605 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,359 with pills in his hand, 606 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,519 and that he forced one into your mouth. 607 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,439 Right? Yes. 608 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,960 And what are you doing to resist? 609 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,120 Well, I'm... 610 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,719 I'm trying to... 611 00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:20,639 move him away from me. 612 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,839 So you were perfectly able to struggle and resist? Yeah. 613 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:26,399 But you don't mention struggling 614 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,600 and resisting in your police statement? 615 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:35,479 Well, if it's not there, it's not there. 616 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:36,559 But I was... 617 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:40,559 I was feeling quite drowsy after he made me drink the Champagne. 618 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:41,999 And after the pill went down, 619 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:47,519 your mind is pretty much straightaway a blank thereafter? 620 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,239 Yes. 621 00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:53,880 So we really are in the realms of almost instant unconsciousness? 622 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:57,239 Yes, that's right. 623 00:38:57,240 --> 00:39:00,079 Well, I suggest to you that you'd already consumed 624 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,759 a large amount of alcohol before you got in Mr Worboys's taxi, 625 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,999 and that he did not give you a pill or force it down your throat. 626 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,439 Do you disagree with me? Yes. 627 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,119 And you can't make up your mind 628 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,199 whether you could or couldn't fight him off, 629 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,239 or did or didn't have a lot to drink, 630 00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:17,039 or pretty much anything else that night 631 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,080 because you were so intoxicated? 632 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,559 Laila, I just want to thank you for giving evidence. 633 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,799 I don't think there's any doubt he'll be found guilty. 634 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,439 Yeah. I thought you held up really well in there. 635 00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,120 Did you? Yeah. 636 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:46,400 Yeah, that was tough. 637 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,359 Laila, can I get you anything? A cup of tea? 638 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,519 No, thanks, I'd just like to go home. 639 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,079 I'm Debbie from the police press office. 640 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:56,959 I just wondered if you'd consider waiving your anonymity 641 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,079 and providing us with some media interviews? 642 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:00,159 What?! 643 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,759 We just thought if someone could stand up, 644 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:04,519 someone articulate like yourself, 645 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,439 and talk about what had happened to you, 646 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:08,599 this might encourage more women to come forward? 647 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:12,599 No. No, I can't... I can't do that. I'm sorry. 648 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:15,000 You've got the wrong person. Sorry. 649 00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:33,959 Hi. Erm, sorry, I'm Sarah. Do I know you? 650 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,080 I've been through exactly what you've been through. 651 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,040 Have you got time for a coffee? 652 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:43,519 I wanted to punch that fucking barrister 653 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:45,200 in his stupid face. 654 00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:50,679 Like, why is it OK for him to make out I'm a liar? 655 00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:52,639 He was going through every tiny thing 656 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:54,199 in your statement in minute detail, 657 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,799 just trying to find some little thing to pick away at. 658 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,919 Why is that still happening? I was raging, too, just watching. 659 00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:03,080 What is the point of this farce? He's fucking guilty. 660 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:05,879 You know, I've been looking into bringing 661 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,399 a complaint against the police for the way they've treated us. 662 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,239 With me, there was so much stuff they missed out 663 00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:14,079 in the first few weeks, it was just ridiculous. 664 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,119 Yeah, but it's their own disciplinary people, isn't it? 665 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:18,679 What's the point? 666 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,879 I'm not talking about going through the IPCC, 667 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,399 I wanna make some proper noise. 668 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,039 I'm looking into suing them. 669 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,519 Suing? Yeah. 670 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:31,119 There's a lawyer I've been put in touch with 671 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,399 who might be prepared to take it on. 672 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,999 She's called Harriet Wistrich. She's got a great reputation. 673 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,599 But I can't do it by myself. 674 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:41,879 I had a quick chat with her, 675 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:43,879 and she said there'd be a much stronger case 676 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,359 if there was someone else who had been through the same thing. 677 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:52,119 So you're asking, do I wanna sue the police with you? 678 00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:53,600 Well, yeah. 679 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,119 You don't have to make a decision... 680 00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,319 Yes. What? 681 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,600 Yes. Let's sue the bastards. Oh. 682 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:05,760 Great. Yeah. 683 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:29,759 You developed and perfected a web of deceit 684 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,799 that was sufficient to ensnare young, intelligent 685 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:36,039 and sensible women who had enjoyed a night out 686 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:39,159 and whose only mistake, as it turned out, 687 00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:42,600 was to get into your cab late at night. 688 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:45,559 There is no doubt that you continue 689 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:48,919 to constitute a significant risk of serious harm 690 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:50,760 through the commission of further offences. 691 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,679 I therefore pass down on you an indeterminate sentence 692 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,879 of imprisonment for public protection, 693 00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:02,040 with a minimum custodial term of eight years. 694 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,119 I wouldn't worry about the eight years. 695 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,399 As I understand it, the judge had to give a number, 696 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,439 but a parole board still has to decide if it's safe 697 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:29,239 to release him, and I can't see that happening. 698 00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:31,479 Eight years did spook me a bit. 699 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:33,560 Yeah, he's not getting out. 700 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:38,039 Anyway, Carrie, thanks for agreeing to do some interviews. 701 00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:42,119 I think if someone like yourself, someone so articulate, can stand up, 702 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,159 then it will encourage more women to come forward. 703 00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,479 I'm nervous, but if it gives others a voice, 704 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,159 it seems like the right thing to do. 705 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:51,439 Thanks again. I'll start to get some things set up. OK? 706 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:52,560 OK. Thanks, Carrie. 707 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:55,759 What have you got to do? 708 00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,039 Oh, just some interviews about what happened to me. 709 00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:01,159 They need someone to waive their anonymity and be a focal point. 710 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:03,159 My goodness. Do you think that's a good idea? 711 00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:06,759 You're so young. Do you want this hanging over you? 712 00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:11,040 Well, they said it's important that more people come forward. 713 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:16,600 I'm just sick of all of us being on the back foot, Mum. 714 00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:19,559 JOSEPHINE SIGHS SOFTLY 715 00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:22,239 Could he really get out that soon? 716 00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:25,039 Cos the thought of him ever being released terrifies me. 717 00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:26,279 Me too. 718 00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:29,519 Well, theoretically, yes, after eight years, 719 00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,679 he could apply for parole, but, erm, 720 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,879 in order to do that, he'd first have to admit to what he's done. 721 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:39,319 And his position has consistently been that he is totally innocent. 722 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:42,039 Right, so not just a psycho, a thick psycho. 723 00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:46,719 So his position is 105 women have all just made it all up? 724 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:47,959 It's up to 105 now? 725 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:51,679 Well, I was told the actual number might be nearer 500. 726 00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:53,359 Is that correct? 727 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:54,840 That's what the police said. 728 00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:57,439 So what do you think, Harriet? 729 00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:59,479 There's potentially hundreds of women out there 730 00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:00,799 who have suffered needlessly 731 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:02,959 because the police didn't do their job properly. 732 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:05,759 They shouldn't be allowed to get away with what they've done. 733 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,759 Well, neither of you qualifies for legal aid, 734 00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,120 so you're asking me to take this on on a no-win, no-fee basis? 735 00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:14,520 I'm afraid we are, yeah. 736 00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,199 OK, firstly, 737 00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,519 the problem is you can't sue the police for negligence. 738 00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:23,119 Why not? The law states that if they could be sued, 739 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:24,959 they wouldn't be able to do the job properly 740 00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:27,159 because they'd always be looking over their shoulder 741 00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:28,559 waiting for the next writ. 742 00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,440 Just how the law is, I'm afraid. 743 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:35,919 But my advice would be to pursue this under the Human Rights Act, 744 00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:37,959 and argue that the police's actions... 745 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:39,439 Or inactions. 746 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:42,479 ...or inactions, infringed on your right 747 00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:45,879 to not be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment. 748 00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:50,279 Well, that exactly describes what happened to us. Yes. 749 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:53,839 The only problem is, is that it's never been done before. 750 00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:56,399 And, erm, in your case, Sarah, 751 00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:59,079 there is a statute of limitations issue. 752 00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:01,279 You must seek an action within one year, 753 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,759 and it's been five years since the police investigated your case. 754 00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:06,479 And in your case, Laila, they could argue 755 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:08,999 that however ineffective their initial investigation was, 756 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,520 they did ultimately arrest the correct man. 757 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:14,519 Shall we close the door on the way out, then? 758 00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:16,479 But the first thing I would do, 759 00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:20,559 is I would contact the police and declare our intentions. 760 00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:21,919 Now, they will jump up and down, 761 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:23,679 tell us we don't have a legal leg to stand on 762 00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:25,239 and that we're out of time. 763 00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:30,199 But they will have to disclose to us statements and other evidence, 764 00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:35,640 and I'm betting that will throw up some pretty interesting stuff. 765 00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:41,440 Subtitles by accessibility@itv.com