He raped 100 women, was jailed for life in 2009 and is about to be released on parole

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AIBU to believe raping 100 women is worth more than nine years in jail?

www.theguardian.com/law/2018/jan/04/black-cab-rapist-john-worboys-released-prison

This isn't a policing issue. They did their job by catching him and gathering evidence.

It most definitely is a police issue, and they barely did their job in this case and another similar one.

www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/01/met-launches-rape-investigations-unit

I'm sure the parol board felt very sorry for him and as ex prisoners find it so difficult to get jobs, they'll be happy to hire him as a handy man/gardener. It's not as if he'd be a risk to any of their female family members. 😒 Rotten stinking bastards.

While he is clearly a vile man and, in my view deserving of a longer sentence, we should also be precise about what he was convicted for - the rape of 1 woman and the sexual assault of 12 others. The 100+ number is speculative, in part due to the particularly horrible way he drugged his victims.
He was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence with a minimum 8 year term so it was at the discretion of the parole board.

He will go straight out aNd rape again, how could a parole board think any differently. This is pure misogyny. If he had drugged and raped 100 men he would never be allowed out.

I read this and hope that this means he can now be charged for at least some of the other cases that he hasn't been charged with yet.

It most definitely is a police issue, and they barely did their job in this case and another similar one.

Yes. The police doing their job is where things like this start. The victims' rights depend on them doing a good job.

I'm so angry and upset reading this, can we start a petition or do something about this?

bumpowder according to what I read it absolutely is a policing issue. One woman sued the police. They had laughed at her when she reported her attack.
An inquiry found police failings. No officers were disciplined.

Is there any way that this can be appealed? Or is it a case of they’ve said he’s fit for release so that’s it?

What's the chances of the parole board being made up of three men?

Women simply count as less in the criminal justice system - that's the message I'm getting and I'm fucking furious about it

My thoughts on this is that he will do it again.

I can't believe he has been released on parole. He will live in a bail hostel/approved premises in a town somewhere.

Horrific.

There must surely be some way to appeal this appalling decision?

I just read this open mouthed as well.

Absolutely unbelievable, makes me want to weep for the world my daughter will grow up in.

Why are women viewed as so disposable?

I would imagine pretty high but then again there are plenty of handmaidens out there.

Just to clarify, he was not convicted of 100 rapes. He was convicted of one rape, five sexual assaults, one attempted assault and twelve drugging offences. He was not sentenced to eight years. He was given an indefinite sentence with a minimum of eight years. Indefinite sentences were abolished in 2012. Today he would receive a life sentence.

The parole board did not have to let him out. They could have left him in prison for life.

It's scandalous. He should never be let out.

I nearly exploded when I saw the news today. Completely beggars belief. Don't you think we should know exactly who is sitting on this parole board? Is the info available anywhere?

Also, in response to PP:

1. It is also a policing issue as apparently the police were incredibly dismissive of victims because they couldn't believe a cabbie would ever do this and instead of arresting him by surprise they arrested him by appointment, giving him opportunity to destroy evidence.

2. The Mail are on it: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5235813/John-Warboys-freed-prison.html

Right. This is the Secretary of State for Justice

www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/david-lidington/15

From my brief googling, it seems he is the only one who can apply for a judicial review of a Parole Board decision - don't expect it to do any good, but I'll be emailing him.

Here's his twitter a/c, for those who might wish to contact him that way

mobile.twitter.com/DLidington

Can't really come up with anything more coherent than that.

Would it be worth a letter writing campaign - bury the home secretary under letters, make her post bag so huge she can't ignore the issue?

Cross post - so it's the Secretary of State for Justice. Thanks, Bore.

The problem is that the sentencing guidelines are too lenient in the first place and that laws are too lax generally.

Personally I'd operate a "three strikes and you're out" rule - commit three crimes, and you are executed. It would mean that scum like this rapist are never released and still give someone who has made a couple of less serious mistakes the opportunity to change.

As it is, he has served the minimum sentence he was given so he has to be considered for release.

Thanks Bore I will too.

Can all of us on here who are so outraged about this please do something (other than banging our heads on the desk or crying)? This has got to stop.

There are no words 😢