Serial rapist John Worboys is facing a fresh rape allegation dating back to the 1990s.
The alleged attack in Blackpool, Lancashire, has led to a fresh probe by detectives, according to the Mirror.
The alleged victim stated that the incident took place when Worboys was working as a stripper over 25 years ago.
The Mirror reported that specialist police officers visited fellow stripper Dave Hanson to explore any possible clues.
A spokesperson for the Lancashire Police said: “We received a report of rape which was reported to have happened in the late 1990s in Blackpool.
“An investigation was launched, and our enquiries are ongoing. No one has been arrested at this stage.”
This is the first time the taxi driver rapist has been accused of an attack outside of London.
Worboys is currently serving two life sentences after being imprisoned in 2009 for assaulting 12 women in the capital.
Police believe Worboys attacked more than 100 women before he was caught.
Due to the high profile nature of the case, more victims came forward reporting attacks dating back to 2000, alerting police to the fact that Worboys had been committing crimes up to six years longer than they realised.
In May 2019, he was charged with further offences, including two counts of administering a drug with the intent to commit rape or indecent assault, and two counts of administering a substance with the intent to commit a sexual offence.
Worboys, from Enfield, north London, attacked victims in his hackney carriage and was dubbed the “black cab rapist”.
In multiple incidents, he told the victims he was celebrating winning on the horses, or lottery, as justification to give his victims alcohol, which was laced with drugs.
At his sentencing at the Old Bailey, it was revealed that he told a psychologist that he had pushed alcohol onto 90 women and drugged a quarter of them, after being influenced by pornography.
Worboys admitted he had been “fantasising” about these attacks since 1986, and his motivations were rooted in his “hostility towards women”.
His probation report in August 2019 said: “He is potentially just as dangerous now as the point of the first sentence.”
At his sentencing, Mrs Justice McGowan said: “I am satisfied to the required standard, on the evidence I have heard, that you are a continuing risk.
“I find you are currently dangerous. Your offending spans five years more than previously known.
“I do not know when, if ever, you will cease to be a risk. It will be for the Parole Board to decide in the future.”
The judge noted that she was worried about Worboys’ ability to “manipulate others” and his “failure to admit” the risk he posed.
Altogether, Worboys was handed two life sentences with minimum terms of six years for drugging women with intent, and an additional six years in jail for two counts of administering a substance with intent. All sentences will run concurrently.
After his sentencing, Tina Dempster, of the CPS, said: “John Worboys is a dangerous predator who still poses a clear threat to women.
“The CPS concluded it was clearly in the public interest to prosecute him again, when more victims came forward last year and revealed he had been assaulting women much earlier than he appeared prepared to accept, or to admit to the Parole Board.
“Worboys claims to show remorse and believes he deserves credit for these guilty pleas.
“But the fact is he did not accept responsibility for his first set of convictions until recently and, in a clear effort to minimise the extent of his crimes, continued to dispute victims' accounts of the latest offences.
“I would like to pay tribute to the bravery of all women who came forward and today helped keep a prolific sex offender behind bars.”
