Believe Me (2026) s01e04 Episode Script

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John Derek Worboys,
I'm arresting you on suspicion
of six counts of sexual assault
between 2005 and 2008.
They won't be asking you
to testify.
I wanted to look the bastard
in the eye
and tell everybody
what he did to me.
I wanted to have my moment in court.
Mr Worboys handed you a glass
of something bubbly.
And you drank that, too.
Because he forced me to.
He's like a professional conman.
You continue to constitute
a significant risk of serious harm.
I therefore pass down on you
a minimum custodial term
of eight years.
I-I was told
that the Crown Prosecution Service
had looked at all the evidence.
No, I can tell you that the CPS
did not review the evidence
in your case.
They lied to me.
Why didn't she flag, Dave?
Seems it wasn't ever recorded
as a crime.
It was only logged
as a crime-related incident.
You know, I've been looking into
bringing a complaint
against the police
for the way they treated us.
So, you're asking,
do I wanna sue the police with you?
My advice would be to pursue this
under the Human Rights Act.
The only problem is that
it's never been done before.
Eight years did spook me a bit.
Yeah, he's not getting out.
After eight years,
he could apply for parole.
In order to do that, he'd first
have to admit to what he's done.
So, this is where you'll be working.
Everybody,
this is Carrie Simonds,
who's joining the Comms team today.
- Hey. Hi.
- Hello.
Oh, it's actually Symonds.
Oh, sorry.
And this is Cherry,
your new neighbour.
Hi.
Hi.
I'll leave you to it.
Carrie? Sorry.
Yeah.
I hope you don't mind
me bringing this up,
but aren't you the girl who was
a victim of that black cab guy?
The rapist.
Ooh, er not sure about "victim",
but, erm, yes,
I did do some interviews about it.
I understand a lot of women
came forward after that,
but you have sort of put yourself
out there now as, like, "that" girl.
Er, well, I
I learnt a lot from that experience,
about how, you know,
the media operates, so
..hopefully, I'm a bit savvier now.
So, I've printed you both a document
of all the materials
we've received from the Met.
And as predicted,
they were mightily pissed off
at having to hand it over,
and they even said
that they had no desire,
in the current financial climate,
"to spend disproportionate sums
"defending a claim
that was many years out of date
"and, legally,
had no prospect of success".
Well, they can fuck right off.
Couldn't have said it
any better myself.
OK, so, as predicted,
the IPCC investigations
into both of your cases find the
complaints are not substantiated,
and the most serious disciplinary
action that they recommended
was a a few written warnings.
What about telling me that the CPS
had reviewed my case when it hadn't?
A "genuine mistake".
OK, and what about not telling me
that they found the drugs
that he used to sedate me
in my bloodstream?
They actually do find that
largely substantiated,
but they they do want to note
that the investigating officer
at the time had, erm
a "heavy workload".
What?
We now know that they didn't search
Worboys' house
when he was first arrested.
I was told that they did
and that they didn't find
anything incriminating.
But, actually,
the most incredible revelation
is of the CCTV footage
of you leaving the club that night.
They said that there was no sign
of me on the footage.
That's because they were looking
at the wrong night -
the 27th, not the 26th.
If they had the correct date,
they would have seen
that you left the club at 2am,
and they would have known
that Worboys was lying
when he said
he picked you up at 3:50.
The initial investigation
didn't even analyse
your mobile phone data,
which would have confirmed
when you got into his cab
and where he took you.
It's like a joke.
I'm guessing it doesn't get
any funnier for me?
No. Almost all the allegations in
your case, they say, are not proven.
You saying that you weren't
believed - not proven.
Being told not to show emotion
in your interview
Well, DC Stephens even denies
ever saying that to you,
so it's your word against his.
The only concession is that
they agree that the guy living
in your old flat, Billy Houghton,
should have been interviewed.
And to cap it all off,
they've released a statement
saying that they have improved
training and changed procedures
so that none of this
will ever happen again.
It's what they always do.
So what do we do?
Because, to be honest, this is only
making me even more determined.
Yeah, same.
We need somebody who's going to
take this on for us in court.
And I have somebody in mind.
A really top barrister.
I've met this guy.
Tell me more.
It was an arranged thing.
Erm, my mum insisted on it.
You know, I actually think she would
have kicked me out onto the street
if I hadn't agreed to it.
What's his name? What's he like?
He's
..quite nice, actually.
Arham.
You know, good Muslim boy.
He wore cream chinos.
Good-looking?
Not bad.
You gonna see him again?
Don't know.
I just keep thinking
..what's the point?
I haven't even told my family
about what happened to me.
I certainly
I couldn't tell him.
It's like
I feel like..
I feel like nobody would want me
..if they knew.
You know, at some point, you're
gonna have to talk about it
..and not just with me.
You know, I tried that with Gav
at first,
keeping it all buried, worrying
about what he'd think of me.
It's exhausting.
You know, I couldn't do it any more.
I realised I had to come to terms
with what happened to me,
and so I thought,
"Fuck it, I'm gonna tell you,
"whether you wanna hear it or not,
for my sake."
Mm.
Gav's not perfect.
Sure he'd say I'm not easy
to live with either, but
But, to be fair, since I told him,
he's been nothing but supportive.
So maybe give Cream Chinos
a chance.
Yeah.
You see, the problem I've got
with this programme
you're talking about
is I would have to tell the truth.
I can't just sit here
and tell you lies, sir.
The last thing
we'd want in a treatment programme
is for you to lie.
No, it's it's just not in me.
So, why don't we begin
with you talking about the offences
for which you've been convicted?
Well, that's the problem,
because I didn't do anything.
I'm an innocent man.
And that's your position?
As far as I'm concerned,
any encounters were consensual.
It was all
just a bit of harmless fun.
And as for drugging them?
Well, I mean, it's
that's complete nonsense.
See, I shouldn't be in here,
and that's the truth.
I note you no longer
call yourself John Worboys.
You now call yourself John Radford.
Why is that?
It's very simple.
The name "Worboys" is dirt, innit?
Because of what those women said
about me,
because of their false accusations.
I can't even call myself
by my own name any more.
How is that fair?
It's really late.
Why not give it a rest
and pick it up again tomorrow, eh?
That police officer
who first looked into my case,
DC Stephens, I kept asking him
to talk to Billy Houghton,
the guy that lived in my old flat,
because he saw Worboys that night.
Stephens says here that I was
"reluctant" for him
to talk to Billy.
What an arsehole!
That's such absolute bollocks!
It says here he has never had
any specialist training
for investigations into rape
or sexual assault
and, in fact,
no training at all since 1989.
Oh, God.
I'll see you in the morning.
Don't be too long.
Come!
Ladies, can I introduce you
to Phillippa Kaufmann?
Phillippa, this is Sarah,
and this is Laila.
- Very pleased to meet you. Welcome.
- Hi.
Now, we're about to go in
with the police's lawyers
for what's called
a structured settlement discussion.
Basically, can we resolve this
without going to court?
Is there a non-financial remedy
we can explore,
such as a public apology to you?
Can I just ask,
is that a possibility,
a public apology from them?
Not a cat's chance in hell,
I'm afraid, but
it may help our case later on
if we can at least say we tried.
Right, ladies, follow me.
29 women were attacked by Worboys
after he attacked me,
before he was finally arrested.
Those are all individual lives
messed up that didn't need to be.
And those are just
erm, the women that we know about.
I mean,
there are almost certainly more
who never reported
what happened to them.
I was disbelieved and humiliated,
and I don't believe the police have
sufficiently been held to account.
I think the impact
of what the police did to me
was worse
than the actual rape itself.
Like Laila, I continue to live
with a sense of guilt
for all the women
that came after me.
Even though I know
it's not my fault
..I ask myself,
could I have done more to stop him?
I'm shocked
that you won't just admit liability.
The fact that you are fighting this
makes me feel like
you still don't believe me.
The police's position is that,
whilst we are, of course,
sympathetic to the undoubted trauma
you have both suffered
..we do not admit any liability on
the part of the Metropolitan Police.
We believe the investigation
into the crimes of John Worboys
was reasonable,
ultimately successful.
S Successful?
It took you five years to work out
these attacks were linked.
Year after year,
he was left to roam the streets
and attack other women
when he should have been locked up!
What we would like to do, however,
is to invite you both to attend
a police training programme, present
your experiences to the attendees.
The hope is
that this would be educational
and beneficial to both sides.
Right, I think we're done here,
ladies, Harriet.
Thank you.
Fucking training programme?!
Shh.
OK, now you can talk.
They've got two hopes of us talking
to this load of trainee policemen
about what happened to us -
Bob Hope and no fucking hope,
and you can tell them that from me.
What a patronising load
of old bullshit.
Ladies, I think
we're gonna get along just fine.
Where's DC Stephens?
It appears the Met are not going to
call him to give evidence. What?
I suspect that they think he'll be
so undermining to their case
that they want to keep him away
at all costs.
Now, the problem is, if we call him,
we won't be able
to cross-examine him
because, in cases like this,
that's the rule.
So, he won't have to give an account
of himself in court?
I'm sorry.
NBV told us that even after
she'd been sick in the toilets,
she still carried on drinking.
Did this have, er,
an impact on your assessment of NBV?
The CCTV footage of her
falling over at the campus
was entirely consistent
with the actions of someone
who had had too much to drink
that night.
I thought the whole thing was odd.
I thought it was odd
that an educated girl
would accept a drink from a stranger
in those circumstances.
DSD told us she had taken
some cocaine with her friends,
and this showed up subsequently
in her blood tests.
Had she also drunk alcohol
that evening
before getting into Worboys' cab?
Well, her friends told us
they put her into the cab
after their night out
because she was so out of it.
My conclusion was
that DSD had not sustained
any specific psychiatric injury
as a consequence of the rape.
She had, however,
suffered a depressive episode
as a consequence of how she had
been dealt with by the police.
Well, following the assault,
NBV developed symptoms
of post-traumatic stress disorder,
including nightmares,
intrusive imagery, flashbacks,
avoidance, anxiety and depression,
poor concentration
and social withdrawal.
She still suffers from moderate
to severe symptoms.
She can be tearful
and experiences mood swings.
And she suffers
from continuing sexual aversion
and a lack of sexual enjoyment.
Are you aware,
Inspector Underwood,
of a guide which outlines the Met's
standard operating procedures
for investigative techniques
in rape and sexual assault cases?
I am aware of it, yes.
It lays out detailed steps
and considerations to be followed,
from a starting point of treating
the victim's account as truthful,
does it not?
I don't know.
Why not, may I ask?
I just can't recall it
in any detail.
As a member of
one of the Met's Sapphire teams,
which are specialist rape and
sexual assault investigation units,
I find that quite an extraordinary
thing for you to say.
Well, in my opinion, it's not
something I consider practical
to apply to each and every case.
To this case?
I think these policies are fine
in theory
but they're not always applicable
to day-to-day policing.
Then why have they been set out
by the Met as their guidelines?
I think
they have been created purely
to protect the police
from legal challenges.
If a case is not classified
as a serious sexual assault,
then details of the investigation
are not entered
into the Criminal Intelligence
Computer Database, are they?
No. Meaning no closing report
would need to be done, would it?
No.
Is that a good thing?
Honestly?
An opportunity to not have
to do one would be taken gladly.
Was there a drive from
your superiors at Borough Management
to disprove allegations of rape
and sexual assault?
Yes.
Why was that?
Because if an allegation
can be legally disproved,
then it would improve
detection rates.
So junior officers
were effectively encouraged
not to pursue allegations of rape
and sexual assault
and instead to focus
on other crimes such as burglary,
which were easier to clear up.
Is that right?
Broadly speaking, yes.
Coming now, DC Coldham,
specifically to the case NBV.
Even though her case bore
all the hallmarks
of a drug-facilitated
sexual assault,
she was not treated as such,
was she?
Personally, I believed her account.
But I knew there was no prospect
of the case being reopened
once the forensic
and toxicology results had come back
as inconclusive.
Even though there were still
many important leads
still to be followed up?
Yes.
So, under pressure from on high,
her case was not recorded
as a serious sexual assault,
supervision from more
senior officers did not occur,
and her case was not entered
into the data bases?
No.
And the case was cleared up
in three months.
No case closure report,
no detailed report entered
into the system.
And the Borough's clear-up rate
was thereby improved
since the case was not left
as unsolved.
Like I say, that that was
the situation at the time.
Thanks. I can't believe
you're still waiting on a judgment.
This one'll be born before we hear.
So, how's life, then?
I'll be honest,
things are not great with Gav.
Hm?
It's me. It's
I push him away, I know I do.
I just find it so hard to really
let go emotionally, you know.
He's always been
pretty understanding, hasn't he?
Yeah, and he still is.
Sex is shit.
I hate being naked.
I actually hate opening my
fucking legs, to be honest with you.
Must be like going to bed
with a slab of marble.
At least he got you pregnant.
Yeah, I got a bit drunk that night,
which helped.
Let's just say
it wasn't entirely planned.
Stand up
Stand up for Jesus
The strife will not be long
This day, the noise of battle
The next, the victor's song
To Him who over-cometh
A crown of life shall be
He with the King of glory
Shall reign eternally. ♪
Let us pray.
Lord, comfort and heal all those
who suffer in body, mind or spirit.
Give them courage
and hope in their troubles,
and bring them joy and salvation.
- In your mercy
- Lord, hear our prayer.
That those who face difficult times
will find the strength to prevail.
In your mercy
Lord, hear our prayer.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For the grace this week,
to live by faith
in every circumstance of life.
In your mercy
Lord, hear our prayer.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Hello? Hello, Sarah?
'Hi.'
Hey. What's happening?
I just got off the phone to Harriet.
The judge said
there was clear evidence
that I had suffered
significant harm
over a long period,
and with you
but for the failures of the police,
you wouldn't have been raped at all.
'We won.'
No way.
We won!
They've awarded me 22 grand,
and you 19.
Fuck!
'I'm, like, I'm'
I can't I'm
Harriet said she's sure
they'll appeal, but, erm
we should enjoy today.
I'm glad you picked up.
So, tell me,
did he ask the question?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I said yeah!
Laila, I'm so happy for you.
Yeah, Mum and Dad
are throwing us a party, it's
Right, well, go and enjoy it,
lovely.
'We'll go for a coffee soon.'
Yeah.
Yeah, and I can meet your new baby.
'Yeah.'
All right, I'll
I'll see you soon, yeah?
'OK. See you soon.'
There you are.
You OK?
Yeah.
They're happy tears.
They're all waiting in the garden.
OK.
Just one sec.
Mm-hm.
Welcome, son.
Thank you so much.
Thank you. Thank you.
You!
Oh!
Stop.
I love you.
Love you too.
This is crazy!
Gonna make me cry now.
Stop! You're so silly!
I'm so happy for you!
I am Dr Craissati,
a consultant clinical
and forensic psychologist,
and I'm here, Mr Radford,
to review your progress.
OK.
Well, I told the other psychologist
that I met recently that
..the time had come
for me to change my stance.
I've withdrawn my application
with the Criminal Cases
Review Commission
to overturn my convictions,
and I've decided to accept full
responsibility for all my offences.
Can I ask what has brought about
this change of heart?
Him.
Up there.
The Lord Jesus Christ.
He has shown me the way.
I felt so guilty,
I didn't know who to speak to.
And then then I found religion,
and I decided that, you know,
if I'm gonna follow the Lord,
I've got to be honest
and admit to what I've done.
Let's talk about what happened.
I always felt guilty
about my offences.
Yeah, but to begin with,
I maintained some hope
that my convictions
would be overturned,
and I might be released.
But I can see now
that this is unrealistic, and so
I've decided to use this
as a motivation for me
to take responsibility
for what I've done.
To let these women know
how sorry I am.
And to be honest, you know
..and talk about everything.
I hope that they will be OK
and get on with their lives,
I really do.
I'm sorry, can I get a tissue?
Sorry.
Do you think you're ready to start
the Sexual Offenders
Treatment Programme?
That's what He's telling me.
I'm sorry.
Here they are.
As-salamu alaikum, beta.
Wa-alaikumu as-salam.
How are you both?
Not getting much sleep,
but, yeah, we're good.
I'll go and make some tea.
Ssh, ssh.
House is looking smart.
Would you like to hold her?
Oh, can I?
Shh, tch-tch-tch-tch.
She's so beautiful.
You know, I only ever wanted
the best for you.
Hm? You know that?
Yeah. I know.
Arham is a good man.
Yeah.
He is.
You got knocked back, then,
on your parole?
I've told them about finding God.
No, I've put my hands up
to it all,
told 'em how remorseful I am.
That'll only get you so far, mate.
In my experience, you
you need to give them a reason.
What do you mean?
A reason why you started doing what
you were doing in the first place.
If you can't do that,
they're never gonna believe
that you know how to stop.
She was an old girlfriend, you know.
I don't really wanna talk about her.
I mean, can I?
You know, talk about someone
completely innocent?
Whoever this person is,
they can be anonymised
in any reports.
Well, she left me.
When was this?
Well, it's about, er,
summer time, 2005.
And I was really cut up about it.
You know, and then we were
sort of on-off, and
And then I remember,
about a year later,
she phoned me and asked me
to come pick her up
and take her back to mine,
and I-I was excited about this.
But when I got to this bar,
she was absolutely hammered.
Totally drunk.
All I could do was take her home
to her mum's,
and I was on my own again.
Absolutely furious.
That night,
I went looking for someone.
That would have been the first one.
That was around
September-October, 2006.
And then it just grew from there.
The truth was,
I only gave them half a tablet
because I didn't wanna do 'em
too much harm.
And then when they were out of it,
I'd just
..touch their leg or
look up their skirt as I sort of
..played with myself.
I only actually put my penis
inside one of 'em.
That's all. For maybe
..four seconds.
I mean, I don't blame her, my ex,
you know, I-I take
full responsibility for my actions.
But I can see now that
that was the trigger.
Do you want cereal or toast?
Er
Toast, please.
There you go. You take that.
Jack, can you take over a sec?
'It can't be true.
It's the same as before.'
We just find out about it
from the telly.
They all said, they were confident
he wouldn't get out of prison.
It's bullshit!
It's just more fucking bullshit.
For God's sake, he's attacked
over a hundred women. I
How can anyone think it's safe
to let him back out on the streets?
Because we are not allowed
to know the reasoning,
the biggest problem we have
is trying to understand
why they approved this.
Cos they live on Mars?
But why weren't we even consulted?
Because the system
doesn't take into account
the views of the victim.
When these things are decided,
the criminal gets a place
at the table,
the Parole Board,
the Ministry of Justice do too,
but the views of the victim
are not even considered.
So we just have to stand by
and watch whilst they let him out?
Well, no, we have to bring pressure
on David Gauke,
the Justice Secretary,
and get him to order
a judicial review of the decision
on the grounds
that it was legally irrational
to release Worboys.
And we have to move fast.
One thing we have been able
to find out is that
as late as 2015,
he was denied transfer
from a high-security prison
to a lower-security open prison
on the grounds that he posed
an unacceptable risk.
Yet two years later, they're saying
he's suitable for parole?
That sounds pretty irrational to me.
The thought of him being released
in just a few weeks is
It-It's terrifying.
Listen to me.
We are going to fight
to stop that from happening.
We are gonna scrap,
and we are gonna fight.
I've gotta go.
Laila No, it
They'll be wondering where I am.
I'll go after her,
make sure she's all right.
But this is a fucking disgrace.
You know, I've heard there's a lot
of people who are very unhappy
with today's decision.
Whispers that Labour
and the Lib Dems might even call
for an inquiry.
Well, that will certainly shove it
under David Gauke's hooter.
We need to keep it there.
We need to make a lot of noise,
and quickly.
Well, I had
a very interesting phone call
from Carrie Symonds this afternoon.
She gave evidence
at the original trial?
Yes, I remember her.
Well, now she works for
the Conservative Party press office.
And she phoned
to say how angry she was and to
offer her services.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, so I think she'd be
very useful in lobbying David Gauke.
Worboys never once
showed remorse.
He described his behaviour
as banter,
and insisted
that the women accusing him of rape,
who took to the stand in tears,
shattered by the experience,
had in fact wanted
to have sex with him.
The decision to free him
was made a few months ago
by a Parole Board panel.
'We don't know
who made up this panel,
'and we don't know how and why
they came to this decision.'
Hi, David! Er, just two minutes
once you're done. Please.
I'll catch you up.
Right.
I just wondered if you might want
to read this op-ed piece
that I've written.
What's it about?
The Worboys Parole Board decision.
You know that decision
was based on the reports
from several psychologists?
I think he's pulled the wool
over their eyes.
You might not know this,
but as a young woman,
I was drugged by him
in the back of his taxi.
And I just thought, full disclosure,
as Justice Secretary,
you should know what I've said here.
OK, I'll have a read.
Thank you.
Moving down to Belmarsh, then, John?
Not long to go now, is it?
And from there
..by the grace of God
..I'll be released.
A free man.
Speech, Carrie!
I would just like to say
that I was just as surprised
as you all probably were when
I was asked to take this job on,
but I was pleasantly surprised.
I promise to give it my all.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
Youngest-ever Head of Comms.
You've done so well.
Thank you.
I do have just a a small fly
I must put in the ointment, though.
David Gauke told me
that the MoJ will not be pursuing
a judicial review
of that Parole Board decision
on John Worboys. What?!
Why not? He said something
about "legal advice".
But then he's gonna get out!
Fuck! Shit! Carrie.
I'm telling you this as a friend,
OK?
But people have been saying you've
been a bit distracted lately.
Well, then, they can mind
their own business. Come on.
I'm just saying,
don't let this stuff get in the way
of what's really important, OK?
And why you're actually here.
Your career is taking off, Carrie.
Don't blow it now.
I really thought David fucking Gauke
would get behind us.
This is so disappointing.
My guess is he's looked at
all of this, and he's thinking
his department doesn't come out
of it smelling of roses.
So, what can we do now?
We can push for a review
of the decision
on behalf of Sarah and Laila.
Can we do that?
I'm not sure private individuals
will have the legal standing,
but we can certainly give it a try.
Money is going to be a problem,
though.
The rules have changed
since the human rights case.
It's now no longer possible to
take out insurance against losing.
Meaning that Sarah and Laila
would be personally responsible
for the Parole Board's legal costs
if we lost?
Precisely.
We need to raise money fast.
But by going against the government,
you could be risking your career.
I'm on it!
Yes, it is a letter that
I've been asking London MPs to sign,
a lot of them already have,
protesting against
the Parole Board's decision.
The women he attacked are fighting
to have his parole overturned,
and maybe this is something
that your paper could take
a more detailed look at.
And, hey, if you do decide to print,
don't forget to include the details
of the CrowdJustice link
at the bottom of your story.
'OK, well, I'll talk to my editor,
and we'll keep in touch. All right?'
We're still being contacted by women
who say that they are victims
of Worboys.
In the last few days,
I spoke to a woman in Bournemouth,
who's convinced that eventually
more victims will come forward
from that area because
he also drove his cab down there.
How about the appeal for donations
to help with the legal support?
Well, we've been completely
overwhelmed by the level of support
that we've received since opening
our CrowdJustice page.
The donations have been pouring in,
for which we are
incredibly grateful.
Rehabilitated?
He denied everything
until nine months before
the first time he could apply
for parole.
Hm, and then he found God.
Right. Conveniently.
Just in time for parole,
he saw the light.
Only gave half a Temazepam.
Says he only raped one woman!
Penis inside vagina
for four seconds!
Wait a minute. Yes, here.
Says, "He only started offending
in 2006
"after the break-up
with his girlfriend."
Yes I've just seen that.
Oh, thank you, Lord.
Come on, you two.
Mummy's running late.
I want you to be really good
for Connor, OK?
Right, ring the bell.
Wait there. OK.
OK.
Oh, there he is. It's exciting.
- Right, be good.
- All right, guys.
Go on, run up,
there's cakes up there. Bye!
Thanks so much for doing this.
It's all right.
I knew it would happen on half-term.
Jack's with his mates, so
It's, not a problem.
You know I'm happy to help.
How's things at home?
Erm not great.
Er, Gav's actually moved out now,
so
OK. I'm sorry to hear.
Anyway, I'd better get going,
otherwise I'll be late,
but thanks again.
OK.
I'll see you later.
All right, good luck!
'Hi.'
Hi. I'm running late.
Are you nearly there yet?
I'm sorry, I
I didn't get on the train.
I'm not coming down. I just..
'I suddenly thought
the idea of seeing him again
'I just can't do it.'
Yeah.
'I don't know how you can face going
back to that horrible time, Sarah.'
Because I wanna have my moment
in court with him today.
'Sorry. I know
I'm letting you down.'
No, you're not.
'Listen, if that's what
you wanna do,
'what you need to do, fuck it.
'Fuck them. Whatever works.'
I am sorry.
Stop apologising, OK?
'Listen, I'm gonna have to go,
otherwise I'll be late.
But, erm, I'll let you know
how it goes, OK?
'OK. Thank you.'
OK. Bye. Bye-bye.
Shit.
Erm, Royal Courts of Justice,
please.
Thank you.
My Lords, this is a unique case,
in which someone
who has been granted his freedom
has then had it taken away from him.
If ever there was a case for the use
of the judicial review jurisdiction
to be exercised
with the greatest care
and anxious scrutiny
this is that case.
We see that Mr Worboys has been
seriously minimising the nature
and extent of his offending
and has been dishonestly
manufacturing his explanation.
Furthermore, we say
the Board has failed
to take into account
critical evidence,
evidence which it was not
in its discretion to ignore.
Evidence which, if it was going
to reach a lawful decision,
it HAD to take into account.
In the notes of the sessions,
attended with the psychologists,
Mr Worboys admits responsibility
only for those offences
for which he was convicted.
A total of 19 offences
carefully selected by
the Crown Prosecution Service,
as you can see from their statement,
so as to not overload
the indictment.
These offences were against
a total of 12 women,
and Worboys says
his offending began
in September-October 2006.
But let's look, then,
at what evidence is out there,
because that evidence paints
a very, very different picture
to the one presented by Mr Worboys
to the Parole Board.
The police's conclusion, having
investigated all of the offences
that resulted in the charges
brought against Mr Worboys,
is that he committed offences
against a total of 105 women.
We submit
this is very powerful evidence
that Mr Worboys' offending
was more extensive
than anything he has admitted.
And, crucially,
we can see from the evidence given
to the police by the witness DSD,
we can see
that his offending went back to,
at the very least
May 2003.
That is more than three years
before the date
he says is when he began offending,
which blows out of the water
the Parole Board's assessment
that he has taken
full responsibility
for his offences,
or that he has been open and honest
in his account.
Happy birthday!
Mama!
Look at that!
You OK?
There's something
I've gotta tell you.