World News | UK police review case after officer’s serial rape plea

LONDON, Jan. 17 (AP) — Britain’s Metropolitan Police said Tuesday it is reviewing more than 1,600 alleged crimes involving its staff after a London police officer and serial rapist was found to have managed to keep his job for 20 years. Cases of sexual crimes and domestic abuse. twenty years.

David Carrick, 48, pleaded guilty on Monday to 49 criminal charges, including 24 counts of raping 12 women over an 18-year period.

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Carrick received numerous complaints throughout his career, beginning in 2001, but was not suspended until 2021 after he was arrested for rape, authorities said.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley admitted Carrick’s continued work was a “colossal failure” for the Metropolitan Police.

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“You can’t say anything else; absolutely,” Rowley told the BBC. “It’s weak decision-making about professional standards, not getting the dots between relevant incidents and bad policy, and all of that combined means he’s been a police officer for 20 years and, to a large extent, he’s a Predatory rapist.”

The Metropolitan Police is the largest police force in the UK. It said Tuesday that it was reviewing allegations of domestic abuse or sex crimes against officers or other employees over the past 10 years to ensure the correct action was taken.

It is estimated that 1,633 cases involving 1,071 staff members need to be considered.

Prosecutors described Carrick’s crimes as one of the most serious crimes committed by an active-duty police officer. The case has sparked fresh criticism of Scotland Yard’s failure to improve its vetting procedures and standards.

The embattled force has repeatedly faced allegations of misogyny and racism in the police force, ever since an active duty officer, Wayne Couzens, was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering stranger Sarah Evra She has struggled to regain public trust since Sarah Everard. London Nights 2021. (Associated Press)

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