It’s a case that has shocked the nation. John Worboys: the black cab rapist. He drugged and attacked potentially hundreds of women while working as a London cabbie. For six years the police missed crucial opportunities to catch him … Just eight years since his sentence the parole board has decided he should walk free. John Worboys: The Taxi Cab Rapist with Susanna Reid, ITV 2018
Is John Worboys really no longer a risk? ibid.
The Met had fought the [liability] case all the way to the Supreme Court. ibid.
‘He wrote down the names and addresses and phone numbers for the women he attacked.’ ibid. rozzer
He was given an indeterminate sentence with a minimum of eight years behind bars. ibid.
If he’d been convicted of more crimes Worboys might have got a longer sentence. ibid.
What about the women who have come forward since his conviction? ibid.
We know of 204 burglaries, and within those were more than 30 indecent assaults, sexual assaults, and five rapes. The Real Manhunt: The Night Stalker, 2021
This is the story behind the hunt for the Nightstalker, one of Britain’s worst ever serial sex offenders. ibid.
We were able to identify most of the clothing from two CCTV images of him. ibid. rozzer
One of the first cold case rapes to be solved dated back to the 1980s in South Yorkshire; women were being terrified and police baffled by a series of rapes. In each case the attacker took a trophy from his victim – her stiletto heels. The Hunt for the Shoe Rapist, Sky Living 2018
A brutal serial rapist has been terrorising women in the town of Rotherham. ibid.
‘The violence with each of the offences has increased.’ ibid. rozzer
James Lloyd: ‘I knew that was coming … I was a bastard 20 years old.’ ibid. confession to arresting rozzer
Lloyd appeared at Sheffield Crown Court … He was sentenced to Life imprisonment … His sentenced was reduced. ibid.
This Sunday the 90th Academy Awards will take place. For the first time in may years one power-figure will not be welcome. More than 100 women have now come forward with stories of sexual harassment, assault and rape going back decades. Panorama: Weinstein: The Inside Story, BBC 2018
This is the inside story of how one of Hollywood’s most powerful men suppressed allegations of sexual abuse for decades. ibid.
‘Will you at least lift up your shirt and show me your tits … You know in that moment you may not make it.’ ibid. Katherine Kendall, victim
In 1980 he made his first film. ibid.
Harvey Weinstein has admitted that over the last 30 years he has settled up to nine claims of harassment against him. ibid.
The New York Times published allegations of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein; more serious allegations would follow in The New Yorker magazine. ibid.
This Sunday the 90th Academy Awards will take place. For the first time in many years one power-figure will not be welcome. More than 100 women have now come forward with stories of sexual harassment, assault and rape going back decades. Panorama: Weinstein: The Inside Story, BBC 2018
More and more schoolchildren are speaking out about sexual abuse by other children. New figures show an alarming rise in the number of cases reported to the police. Panorama: Who’s Protecting our Kids? Mariella Frostrup reporting, BBC 2021
More people than ever before are reporting rape. But many feel they are not getting justice. Only 1% of rape cases reported to the police result in a conviction. Panorama: Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Britain’s Rape Crisis, BBC 2022
In 1974 one man terrorised the city [Cambridge]. Brutally attacking young women in their homes … Attack 1: Springfield Road; Attack 2: Abbey Road; Attack 3: Huntingdon Road … an attempted rape … Attack 4: Homerton College; Attack 5: Newnham … The Cambridge Rapist, Sky Living 2018
One name that kept cropping up was a highly skilled burglar called Peter Cook. ibid.
In a bag that Cook was carrying was all the evidence they needed … Cook confessed. ibid.
She has fallen victim to a cruel sexual con concocted by a very bad man … For the next two decades the depraved con-artist perfects his repugnant craft extorting his sexual price from hundreds of vulnerable women. Very Bad Men s4e6: Intimate Sacrifice, Apple TV 2014
Richard Minsky: 20 counts of grand theft, sexual assault and rape … Guilty of all charges and sentenced to 146 years in jail. ibid.
Some very bad men immobilise their prey with drugs and assault them brutally. These predators wear their charm as camouflage and then strike with brutal force … There will be many more victims before he is through. Very Bad Men s4e8: Spin Doctor
The sexual deviant known as Doctor Jeff … Jeffrey Marsalis: ‘The most prolific serial date-rapist in Pennsylvanian history if not the nation’s history.’ ibid. Joe Khan, prosecutor
Jeffrey Marsalis is once again arrested for rape … and given a Life sentence. ibid.
In response to the East Area Rapist’s attacks, local women’s groups fought for the following changes: 911 Emergency service, A Rape Awareness Week, Funding for Rape Crisis Centre, Transparency in how police handle rape cases. Golden State Killer: Unmasked III: How the Golden State Killer Got Away, caption, Sky Living 2018
Every 2 minutes in the United States someone is sexually assaulted. I Am Evidence, Sky Atlantic 2018, caption
Really stunning news today about the number of rape cases police have never even tried to solve, not even opening the rape kits. ibid. television news
It’s estimated that as many as 400,000 rape kits nationwide … ibid.
They have not been testing these kits for decades … We’re talking about poor black women. ibid. expert
‘I think we both need to reflect I was also quite drunk …’ sent by: Noriyuki Yamaguchi 18/04/2015. This World: Japan’s Secret Shame, BBC 2018
In 2015, 25-year-old Shiori Ito filed rape charges against 48-year-old Noriyuki Yamaguchi, a prominent journalist in Japan. ibid.
In Japan people rarely come forward with allegations of sexual assault. ibid.
Rape allegations reported to police: United Kingdom 510 per million people; Japan 10 per million people. ibid.
It is necessary to show the use of force or intimidation … Many victims simply freeze when they are attacked. ibid.
You always wanted a sanitized version of life. Elle 2016 starring Laurent Lafitte & Anne Consigny & Charles Berling & Virginie Efira & Judith Magre & Christian Berkel & Joan Bloquet & Alice Isaaz & Vimala Pons & Arthur Mazet et al, director Paul Verhoeven, mother to daughter
I found you very narrow for a woman of your age. ibid. rapist’s text message
It’s over. It doesn’t need talking about any more. It’s not worth a debate. ibid. Michele
‘Sexual assault deals with private parts and having to come into court and talk about your body, your body being violated.’ Inside Evil s1e3: Anatomy of a Rape, prosecutor, Sky Witness 2018
There are so many hurdles that victims of sex crimes have to overcome in order to get justice, starting with police believing their story. ibid.
A woman’s love for us increases
The less we love her, sooth to say –
She stoops, she falls, her struggling ceases;
Caught fast, she cannot get away. Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin, 1833
Harvey Weinstein was the king of Hollywood, a mogul with 81 Oscars to his name. But we’ll show what actually happened behind his locked office door. Weinstein: Hollywood’s Reckoning, Sky Atlantic 2019
‘He ruined lives; he crushed dreams.’ ibid.
It was an open secret in Hollywood. ibid.
Every woman we talked to described the same feeling of being caught in Weinstein’s web. ibid.
A small group of women published their stories. ibid.
I was making a documentary about young men accused of sexual assault on American campuses. Recent years have seen a huge increase in reported cases of sexual violence in universities. There is also now a community that believes there has been an over-reaction that tramples on due process. Louis Theroux: The Night in Question, BBC 2019