Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
22%
4 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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Crime & Law
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Black cab rapist John Worboys is said to be 'delighted' after being told he may be leaving jail for a secure hospital.
uncertain
he → say → hospital
Worboys - who is currently serving two life sentences - could be moved to a high security hospital, such as Broadmoor, after experts concluded he has a personality disorder.
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he → serve → disorder
The 69-year-old serial sex offender has already been moved from HMP Wakefield to the Westgate Unit at HMP Frankland in County Durham.
asserted
offender → move → Durham
The Frankland Westgate Unit is a specialised personality disorder treatment and progression facility located within the maximum security prison, housing approximately 65 to 86 high-risk adult male offenders.
asserted
Unit → locate → offenders
The unit, a source said, was established specifically to 'treat individuals with complex psychological issues.
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source → say → issues
'
But, they added, it is more of a 'hospital environment' and is like a 'prison within a prison'.
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it → add → prison
Black cab rapist John Worboys, pictured, is said to be 'delighted' after being told he may be leaving jail for a secure hospital
The predator could be moved to a high security hospital, such as Broadmoor
'He knows he's on a pathway towards a potential move to a secure hospital because of his diagnosis,' the source told The Sun.
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source → picture → Sun
'And while he hopes to be freed, he knows that life there would be much easier than in a high-security jail.'
In May, it was ruled Worboys was still considered too dangerous to be released after being refused parole for a second time.
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Worboys → hop → time
He was first convicted in 2009 of 19 sexual offences linked to attacks on 12 women between October 2006 and February 2008.
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He → convict → October
Worboys - now known as John Radford - stalked London's West End in a cab before offering his victims sedative-laced champagne and attacking them.
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Worboys → know → them
He lured women into his cab late at night, pretending to have won the lottery before asking them to help celebrate his winnings to make him appear more interesting.
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him → lure → winnings
Worboys told psychiatrists he had been 'fantasising' about his crimes since 1986, and was motivated by 'hostility towards women'.
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he → tell → women
Worboys was first convicted in 2009 of 19 sexual offences linked to attacks on 12 women (Pictured: The rapist's taxi)
He was able to continue offending due to a string of police mistakes after 10 women reported very similar allegations between 2002 and 2008.
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women → convict → 2002
In 2009, he was jailed indefinitely, with a minimum term of eight years for 19 sex attacks on 12 women.
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he → jail → women
He was cleared for release by the Parole Board after 10 years without his victims being informed.
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victims → clear → years
Officials had failed to take into account evidence he had attacked 105 women.
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he → fail → women
But a decision to release Worboys in 2018 was reversed by the Parole Board after widespread public outrage which sparked other victims to come forward.
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victims → release → outrage
In 2019, he was sentenced to life with a minimum term of six years after more victims came forward.
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victims → sentence → years