The Guardian reports:
A Metropolitan police officer has been revealed as a serial rapist who committed more than 71 serious sexual offences, despite the force being told of repeated allegations over two decades that he was a threat to women.
PC David Carrick, an armed officer in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, admitted on Monday to 49 counts – some detailing multiple offences, against 12 women. Police and prosecutors say he exploited his position as a Met officer to lure women, then terrorise them into staying silent about his sexual attacks and degradation of them.
The scale of offending by Carrick, 48, spanning 17 years, makes him one of the worst sexual offenders in modern criminal history. He pleaded guilty to the final offences against him on Monday at Southwark crown court, allowing reporting restrictions to be lifted.
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They knew. The Met knew about the allegations for TWENTY years. They did nothing as a serial rapist abused his power. They are complicit.
Misogyny will never be stripped from the police without a nationwide, statutory inquiry. #EnoughlsEnough #inquirynowhttps://t.co/793Hbc9kuz
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Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick has admitted dozens of rape and sexual offences against 12 women
Here are the charges he pleaded guilty to
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