John Worboys abused the trust placed in him as a black cab driver to prey on young women making their way home alone, luring them with offers of a safe ride before drugging them. Carrie Symonds was 19 when Worboys spotted her waiting for a night bus in London in 2007. He pulled over and said he did not like to see young women waiting alone and offered her a ride even though she only had £5, lying that he lived in the same area. Ms Symonds, now 29, was praised for her courage in 2009 when, after Worboys’s conviction, she waived her right to anonymity to describe her encounter with a man said by police to be one of Britain’s most prolific sex attackers.

Source: The Times January 05, 2018 02:15 UTC