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Officer who cracked serial rapist Worboys case says justice system ‘close to exploding’
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Officer who cracked serial rapist Worboys case says justice system ‘close to exploding’

The Guardian · May 9, 2026, 12:00 PM

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Exclusive: Tim Grattan-Kane says similar crimes still happening with rise of drink spiking in overstretched system as ITV releases drama on case. The police officer in charge of solving the case of the “black-cab rapist” John Worboys says similar crimes could still be happening today as the criminal justice system is “close to exploding”.Tim Grattan-Kane was the senior investigating officer of the team who arrested Worboys in 2008 after they pieced together the accounts of numerous women who had reported being given drugged champagne by a London taxi driver, who then assaulted them. Continue reading...

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