Victim of black cab rapist John Worboys breaks down as she opens up about her ordeal to Susanna Reid on camera - as Parole Board chief says they DID make the right decision to release him

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A victim of black cab rapist John Worboys breaks down on camera as she admits she is still struggling to find closure following the ordeal in a new TV documentary. 

The woman chokes back tears as she tells presenter Susanna Reid how she feels that 'maybe she could have done more' to make police take her seriously after they failed to properly investigate her report, leaving Worboys free to attack more victims.

Worboys, 60, is believed to have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults between 2003 and 2008, using and drugs to stupefy his victims. 

He was handed an indeterminate prison sentence in 2009 but was recommended for the release by the parole board last month, sparking a widespread backlash. 

Speaking on ITV's John Worboys: The Taxi Cab Rapist, the Parole Board chief defends its decision to recommend Worboys for release but admits one can 'never be sure' that a prisoner won't re-offend. 

The documentary also hears from a senior probation officer who apologises for the fact that some victims only found out Worboys was being release when the news was published and broadcast by the media. 

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Prolific: Cab driver and former stripper Worboys, pictured, received an indeterminate prison sentence in 2009 for attacks on 12 women over a five-year period between 2003 and 2008

In one moving scene, Reid sits opposite 'Fiona', who cannot be identified for legal reasons.

The victim becomes emotional as she says: 'For my own sanity I need to put... I need to make some good out of all of this. Maybe I could have done more. Maybe I could have done more, I don't know.

'I just need to do something. I am not going to let him do this again to anybody else.'

Reid, who filmed the documentary as part of ITV's Crime and Punishment series, also interviews Parole Board chief executive for England and Wales Martin Jones, who in his first interview on the case insists it was right to recommend Worboys' release.

He says: 'There are many hearings where you see prisoners and we have a set of detailed reasons explaining our reasoning, but we are prevented by law from telling people those reasons. 

Emotional: One of Worboys' victims, back of head pictured, choked back tears as she told presenter Susanna Reid how she still feels that 'maybe she could have done more' to make police take her seriously after they failed to properly investigate her report

'I don’t think that’s sustainable, in particular for victims. I think that needs to change so that we can explain why we make the decisions that we do.  

 'The Parole Board has considered his case and now we've decided he no longer represents a risk to the public.

'Most of the time we get it right. 99.5 per cent of the time people do not commit further offences after being released by the Parole Board. But of course you can never be sure.' 

Cab driver and former stripper Worboys received an indeterminate prison sentence in 2009 for attacks on 12 women over a five-year period between 2003 and 2008. However it is believed his total number of victims could be more than 100.  

 Last month the Parole Board ruled he is now fit to be released after only a decade behind bars, causing a national controversy in which the case was raised in Parliament. 

Some victims only discovered he was being released when the story was made public. 

Worboy, pictured outside the High Court in London last month, has been recommended for release

Executive director of the National Probation Service, Sonia Crozier, apologises for the first time on camera and admitts the way the organisation informs victims of offenders' impending freedom needs to be modernised.

She says: 'I'm sorry some of those women heard of the news in a way I wouldn't have chosen them to hear it. I think we have a victim liaison scheme that needs modernisation to work effectively.'

She adds: 'I believe it's with absolute regret and I am sorry that some of them weren't able to engage with this and we've got to fix the scheme and make it better.' 

The documentary, which features new testimony from those closely involved in and affected by the case, also features victims and people who knew John Worboys to ask whether he really is fit to be freed - or whether he remains a threat to women. 

Reid also investigates whether such a prolific offender who committed such serious crimes should ever be released back on to the streets. 

The programme comes on the same day as a Supreme Court ruling on a case brought forth two of Worboys' victims. 

The documentary explores Worboys' life before becoming a taxi driver, including his stint as a male stripper (pictured). The programme includes new testimony from those closest to the case

The two women sued the Met saying the force's failure to properly investigate their claims was a breach of their human rights.

Britain's High Court, Appeal Court and now Supreme Court have all found in the women's favour, concluding the police are liable for the failures of their investigations.

The judgment could now open the floodgates for other victims of serious crimes to sue police forces

The two women in the case have also been given the go-ahead to challenge a Parole Board decision to release Worboys. The 60-year-old will remain in prison pending a full High Court hearing on March 13. 

John Worboys: The Taxi Cab Rapist ITV 9pm tonight. 

Police face paying out millions of pounds after 'landmark' Supreme Court ruling that Met breached human rights of two of John Worboys' victims by failing to properly investigate their claims 

By Richard Spillett, James Fielding and Rory Tingle for MailOnline 

Police forces could face compensation bills running into millions of pounds after a landmark ruling which found the Met breached the human rights of two victims of black cab rapist John Worboys.

The two women sued the Met saying the force's failure to properly investigate their claims was a breach of their human rights.

Britain's High Court, Appeal Court and now Supreme Court have all found in the women's favour, concluding the police are liable for the failures of their investigations.

Victims campaigners welcomed today's ruling, which they hope will force police to properly investigate all claims of sexual violence made to them

The judgement could now open the floodgates for other victims of serious crimes to sue police forces.

Harriet Wistrich, a solicitor for the two victims, said the cost of the case had run into the millions. 

Scotland Yard suggested the judgement would mean resources are moved away from investigating crimes such as fraud and put into sexual violence probes.

One of the women in today's case, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was one of first of Worboys' 100-plus victims after she was attacked by the taxi driver in 2003.

She went to police, but reception staff failed to record relevant names, addresses and vehicle registration details before officers failed to interview a key witness and did not collect CCTV.

Judges in the Supreme Court have rejected an appeal by the police against a previous ruling

Speaking after the court ruling today, the woman told police: 'Had you done your job properly, there wouldn't be 105 victims, there would be one. I can take the one. I can't take the 105.' 

Worboys is believed to have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults using alcohol and drugs to stupefy his victims before he was jailed for life in 2009.

One of the two women involved in today's case went to the Met about him in 2003, while another came forward in 2007.

They said the failure of police to effectively follow up their claims amounted to a breach of their human right to live free of degrading treatment.  

They were previously awarded compensation of £22,250 and £19,000 respectively after the High Court found that the Met Police were liable for failures in its investigation. 

One of the women in today's case, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire this morning that she was treated like 'a drunk' after she was drugged and attacked by Worboys.

She said Worboys gave her an orange liquor when he gave her a lift home. She then woke up in hospital and realised she had been raped.

But when she went to police, she said she was told she was 'not believable' because she didn't cry or shout during her interview. She offered to show police 'hand-print' bruises where Worboys had held her down, but nobody got in contact with her to photograph them.

The victim said she was left doubting her own sanity because of officers' refusal to believe her.

Giving the Supreme court's ruling today, senior judge Lord Kerr said: 'By a majority, we have held that failures in the investigation of the crimes, provided they are sufficiently serious, will give rise to liability on the part of the police.

'There were such serious deficiencies in this case. There were, of course, both systemic and investigatory failures in the case.

'But, the important point to make is that, if the investigation is seriously defective, even if no systemic failures are present, this will be enough to render the police liable.'

One of the women in the case, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire that police told her she was 'not believable'

Scotland Yard has accepted mistakes were made in the investigation and have insisted the court case was pursued to establish legal principles.

The Met said the women, who bravery they praised, would have kept their damage payouts whatever the court had decided.

Speaking after today's decision, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Craig Mackey said the force fully accepts the court's decision.

He added: 'We have always accepted that serious mistakes were made in this investigation and it was only the courage of the victims coming forward, including these two claimants, that enabled us to finally convict Worboys. '

Sir Craig added: 'We know we should have done more in the initial investigation and today, as we did following his conviction, I unreservedly apologise to the victims we failed.

'The MPS appealed, and this was supported by the Government, because police forces needed absolute clarity on the boundaries of police responsibility and liability for their investigations.

'We have always been clear that the appeal to the Supreme Court was not based on factual differences between us and the victims, but on the appropriate interpretation of European human rights law.' 

He said the police may now have to considering moving extra resources into sexual violence investigations, away from other crimes, such as fraud.