Overview

• Lancashire Police said they received a report of a rape alleged to have occurred in Blackpool in the late 1990s and confirmed an active investigation with no arrests to date.
• This marks the first known inquiry involving Worboys outside London, where his offending was previously prosecuted.
• The Mirror reported that specialist officers have spoken to former fellow performer Dave Hanson as part of the Blackpool enquiries.
• Worboys is serving two life sentences following his 2009 convictions for 19 sex offences against 12 women, and he admitted further drugging-related offences in May 2019.
• A 2019 probation assessment and sentencing remarks found he remains a continuing danger to women, and the CPS has praised victims who came forward.