LONDON: A police officer on duty in London has admitted carrying out a series of attacks on women, including 24 counts of rape, making him one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders in a campaign that spanned more than 17 years. The Metropolitan Police apologized on Monday and said they should have spotted the pattern of abuse after David Carrick48, pleaded guilty to a total of 49 counts involving 12 victims, including 24 counts of grated between 2003 and 2020.
London’s Metropolitan Police, who have been placed in ‘special measures’ after being hit by a series of scandals last year, say Carrick abused his power as a police officer to control and intimidate his victims, telling them that no one would believe their word against that of a serving officer. “We have missed opportunities over time to identify a pattern of abusive behavior,” Assistant Commissioner Barbara Gray told Sky News. “We are very sorry that he continued to be a police officer.” Carrick, who joined the Met in 2001, isolated women socially, financially and held them against their will, controlling what they wore and when they slept. Reuters
London’s Metropolitan Police, who have been placed in ‘special measures’ after being hit by a series of scandals last year, say Carrick abused his power as a police officer to control and intimidate his victims, telling them that no one would believe their word against that of a serving officer. “We have missed opportunities over time to identify a pattern of abusive behavior,” Assistant Commissioner Barbara Gray told Sky News. “We are very sorry that he continued to be a police officer.” Carrick, who joined the Met in 2001, isolated women socially, financially and held them against their will, controlling what they wore and when they slept. Reuters
