A TV drama about the fight to cage black cab rapist John Worboys and keep him in jail will be a “wake-up call” for authorities, say victims.
The four-parter tells how cops did not believe women he attacked — allowing him to carry on.
Line of Duty star Daniel Mays plays Worboys who was jailed in 2009 for sexual assault and drugging 12 women.
Industry actress Miriam Petche plays Carrie Johnson, wife of Boris Johnson, in ITV’s Believe Me.
She was 19 when she had a narrow escape from Worboys.
In 2018 she helped stop a parole board plan to free him.
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In 2019 he was sentenced to life with a minimum of six years after more victims came forward.
Carrie said: “I hope Believe Me serves as a wake-up call to the police, the CPS and the parole board. Far too often, women and girls are failed by the very institutions meant to protect them.
“The treatment of the victims in this case was truly shameful.
“Reform matters but what we urgently need above all is a profound shift in culture.
“It takes enormous courage for women to come forward.
“They must know that when they do, they will be treated seriously and with respect, and that every effort will be made to ensure justice is done.”
