Current London Cop Admits 24 Counts of Rape - Discovered through Sarah Everard murder probe * 30 years jail

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The Kidnap Rape & Murder of SARAH EVERARD
ANDREW TATE

 

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A serving London police officer has admitted carrying out 24 counts of rape in a nearly two decade-long campaign of abuse against women, making him one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders.

The Metropolitan Police and the country's prosecution service said David Carrick, 48, had used his position of power to control and intimidate his victims, telling them no-one would believe their word against that of a serving officer.

"This man abused women in the most disgusting manner," Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said in a statement.

He said it reflected a "systemic failure", telling the BBC more than 1,000 claims made against about 800 officers had to be investigated.

A spokesman for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the case "appalling" and London Mayor Sadiq Khan said serious questions needed to be answered after Carrick pleaded guilty to 49 charges relating to 12 victims between 2003 and 2020.

Carrick, who joined the Met in 2001, isolated women socially and financially, and often held them against their will, controlling what they wore and when they slept.

London police officer admits to 24 counts of rape, making him one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders

The Met police, already grappling with a collapse of confidence after a string of scandals, apologises for failing to spot David Carrick's offences earlier.

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Another example of how early naming of alleged sex offenders/rapists is the way to go.

This BBC article documents how the Metropolitan Police vetting of Carrick missed lots of opportunities over the years, to bar him from continuing to serve, and or prosecute him after various assault, harassment and domestic abuse allegations/accusations against him were made.

David Carrick: The serial rapist and abuser in a police uniform

Carrick's guilty pleas leave the Metropolitan Police once more apologising for a criminal in its ranks.

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'The woman described how, a year earlier, she had met Carrick on Tinder, the dating app.'

'At his first court appearance, he denied the allegation - but, as a defendant in a court case, Carrick's name was made public. Det Ch Insp Iain Moor, of Hertfordshire Constabulary, who led the investigation, describes this first complainant as a trigger.'

'Seeing him finally in the dock, Carrick's many victims - previously intimidated and silenced - gradually began to come forward. "The investigation snowballed," Det Ch Insp Moor says. The first complainant did not realise she would empower so many women to strip away the law-and-order mask of a monster.'

 

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The first complainant did not realise she would empower so many women to strip away the law-and-order mask of a monster.

Sad that it took this, but fantastic that so many felt able to speak out because one person had the courage to do so.

 

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Here's a former MET chief constable's take on this case.

The Met could have stopped police rapist David Carrick – how can it have failed yet again? | Sue Fish

During Carrick’s 20 years of service, chances to investigate him were repeatedly missed. Instead, he was promoted, asks former chief constable Sue Fish

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'I have spent years calling out misogyny and sexual violence within the police service, but the story of David Carrick left me speechless.'

'what makes this story so particularly awful is that policing had the chance to do something about it – and turned not just one blind eye over the years but many, utterly failing those victims. And that’s why women don’t trust the police.'

'Sue Fish is a former police officer who served as Nottinghamshire’s chief constable from 2016 to 2017.'

 

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I expect that every Police Commissioner, Police Minister and Police Officer, in every Australian State and Territory of Australia is taking note of what is being said and made public with this appalling David Carrick series of longitudinal crimes in the UK.

Ex-victims’ commissioner hits out at ‘evil’ in Met amid David Carrick fallout

Vera Baird questions police force’s commitment to culture change after elite officer revealed as serial rapist

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'“We haven’t dealt with these issues, day in and day out for years, with the ruthlessness and clarity that we deal with criminals. And that’s what we’re getting on top of.”'

'Rowley was asked if he could guarantee that a woman visiting a police station to report a sexual offence would not meet a police officer whose past behaviour was now under review, or who was tolerating similar behaviour in their department.

“I can’t, I’m not going to make a promise that I can’t stick to,” he said. “I’m going to put in place ruthless systems to squeeze out those who shouldn’t be with us.'

'“Most of our officers are fantastic, the people who specialised in this area are great and they have the skills. But do I have some officers who shouldn’t be in the Met that I’ve got to identify and get rid of? Yes I do, and I’m completely frank about that.”'

 

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Here's a former MET chief constable's take on this case.

The Met could have stopped police rapist David Carrick – how can it have failed yet again? | Sue Fish

During Carrick’s 20 years of service, chances to investigate him were repeatedly missed. Instead, he was promoted, asks former chief constable Sue Fish

www.theguardian.com

'I have spent years calling out misogyny and sexual violence within the police service, but the story of David Carrick left me speechless.'

'what makes this story so particularly awful is that policing had the chance to do something about it – and turned not just one blind eye over the years but many, utterly failing those victims. And that’s why women don’t trust the police.'

'Sue Fish is a former police officer who served as Nottinghamshire’s chief constable from 2016 to 2017.'

This is not helpful. All women don't trust the police because they are misogynistic? That's how she comes across.

 

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This is not helpful. All women don't trust the police because they are misogynistic? That's how she comes across.

That's not how I interpreted that article. I don't think it's a surprise that female victims of sexual violence don't trust the authorities to handle reports properly after the number of instances we've heard over the years of the authorities not handling reports of sexual violence properly.

 

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He got 30 years.

Former police officer sentenced to 30 years for historic sexual assaults

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