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High Court grants judicial review of Worboys release

TWO victims of black-cab rapist John Worboys were granted a judicial review yesterday of his release from prison by the High Court.

Mr Worboys was jailed indefinitely in 2009, with a minimum term of eight years, for drugging and sexually assaulting women passengers.

The Parole Board provoked widespread condemnation last month when it ordered his release after a decade behind bars.

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