Carrie Johnson Fears ‘1,000 Or More’ Victims Of Black Cab Rapist Worboys

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Carrie Johnson has warned there could be “up to 1,000, if not more” victims of serial rapist John Worboys, as fresh women come forward claiming they may have been attacked by the notorious black cab predator.

Speaking emotionally on Good Morning Britain, Johnson said the true scale of Worboys’ crimes may never be fully known because he operated as a London taxi driver for nearly a decade before his conviction.

“The truth is that his crimes span from, what we know, from 2000 up to when he was convicted in 2009,” she said.

“He was a cab driver for that duration, out potentially every night in his cab, so there could be up to 1,000 if not more than that.”

Women Still Coming Forward

Worboys is serving multiple life sentences after drugging and sexually assaulting women who entered his black cab late at night.

His method became chillingly infamous: he would tell passengers he had won money at a casino, offer them celebratory drinks laced with drugs, then attack them once incapacitated.

Johnson, who was 19 when she entered Worboys’ cab after a night out in Chelsea, said she now believes many victims may never even have realised they were drugged.

“I think there’ll be women who, like me, were drugged, who might not realise they were drugged,” she said.

“Maybe they just thought, ‘That drink didn’t sit well with me.’”

She revealed women have recently contacted her directly on Instagram after watching the ITV drama Believe Me, which dramatises the victims’ fight for justice.

Some, she said, now suspect they too may have encountered Worboys.

A Case That Shook Britain

The Worboys scandal became one of Britain’s most notorious criminal justice failures.

Originally jailed in 2009 for attacks on 12 women, police later admitted the scale of his offending had been vastly underestimated after further victims came forward following intense publicity around the case.

Public outrage exploded in 2017 when the Parole Board initially ruled Worboys could be released.

Two victims successfully challenged the decision in court, forcing a reversal and triggering major reforms to parole transparency rules.

Last week, parole officials again concluded Worboys still presents “a high risk” of committing serious sexual offences against women.

The 68-year-old reportedly accepted he does not currently meet the threshold for release.

Johnson dismissed his reported remorse outright.

“I don’t believe it,” she said. “I don’t believe in the last couple of years that he has had a personality transplant.”

‘Police Must Change’

Johnson also used the interview to attack how rape victims are treated by police and the justice system.

“If my car was stolen, I think police would believe me,” she said.

“But if I go and say I’ve been raped, I’m not sure they necessarily do. They at least don’t act like they do.”

Her comments add to long-running criticism that authorities repeatedly failed to recognise patterns in the Worboys attacks early enough — allowing him to continue operating for years.

The case remains one of the starkest examples in Britain of how serial sexual predators can exploit institutional failures, victims’ self-doubt and gaps in police investigations to evade capture for prolonged periods.

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Women raped have never been taken seriously, Partly, this is because some women make false accusations out of spite or revenge.

And that brush tars all women. I honestly don't think we will ever resolve this question of what consent means.

But I can tell you this: NO woman ever "asks" for it!

To be honest, hearing "NO" turns me right off. Although, I must say, sometimes it means 'maybe'.