Police seek more victims of cabbie

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Worboys - who police fear could be one of Britain's most prolific sex attackers - was convicted on Friday of assaulting 12 women during an 18-month reign of terror.

It can now be revealed the hackney cab driver, former stripper and porn star has been linked to 85 attacks in the London and Dorset areas dating back to 2002.

Investigators fear the figure could be just the tip of the iceberg with potentially hundreds more victims too embarrassed or unsure to come forward after falling for his lies. They have opened a dedicated phone reporting line - 0800 121 4441 - for women to contact.

Croydon Crown Court heard how women fell for his distinctive ruse to lure revellers into joining him for a glass of champagne in the back of his black cab.

Worboys spun them a story of how he had won money on the lottery or at a casino and showed them a carrier bag stuffed full of cash as he invited them to help him celebrate.

But the drinks were mixed with powerful sedatives that left his victims stupefied and powerless to stop him pouncing on them and subjecting them to horrific sexual assaults.

Meanwhile, an independent investigation is under way into how Worboys slipped through the police net after his arrest in July 2007 and went on to attack a further 30 women.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said officers in Plumstead, south-east London, could face misconduct charges over their inquiry into an attack on a 19-year-old student.

Worboys was later told there would be no further action despite toxicology tests which found traces of sedatives in her blood and CCTV evidence of him helping her from the back of his cab.