Victims condemn decision to release Britain's 'taxi rapist'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}British prosecutors are under pressure to explain why a former London taxi driver suspected of assaulting dozens of women is being freed after less than a decade in prison.
John Worboys was convicted in 2009 of raping or sexually assaulting 12 women over an 18-month period. He gave the victims champagne laced with sedatives before assaulting them in his cab.
Police have said Worboys, now 60, may have assaulted more than 100 women.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}At sentencing, Worboys was told he would not be let out of prison until he no longer posed a threat to women. Britain's Parole Board announced this week that a panel had approved his release.
Kim Harrison of law firm Slater Gordon, which represented several victims, told the BBC Saturday that the women felt "betrayed and devastated."