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DARK SECRETS: 14 - The Real Truth

City of London policeman who made vile Sarah Everard joke sacked from force

DS Giles Kitchener was also found guilty of misconduct including racism, misogyny and homophobia

Evening Standard

As a police officer, I was asked to undermine an alleged rape victim – I wish I could say it was a one-off

Even the day after news of David Carrick’s crimes broke, this was business as usual, says a serving police officer

The Guardian - UK

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Labour calls for all police officers accused of rape or domestic abuse to be suspended

David Carrick pleaded guilty to 49 charges, covering 80 offences including 48 rapes

Evening Standard

Who will protect women from police misogyny?

Letters: Jenny Jones decries police violence against women and new laws against peaceful protest, Caroline Harper calls for a global response, and other readers give their views

The Guardian - UK

David Carrick: the vetting processes that missed a serial rapist in the Met police

A few weeks ago, I wrote for The Conversation to try to explain why so many men get away with rape. It is now clear that one of those men was a London police officer, PC David Carrick.

The Conversation

Can women in Britain ever trust the police again? Here’s what must happen first

The Met’s failure to investigate David Carrick shows how little changed even after the murder of Sarah Everard. It’s time for radical reform, says Harriet Wistrich, director of the Centre for Women’s Justice

The Guardian - UK

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Clamour for inquiry into officers who let David Carrick remain in Met

Former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman says officers who allowed offender’s career to flourish must be investigated

The Guardian - UK

Scottish government to challenge Westminster decision to block gender recognition bill in court – as it happened

Nicola Sturgeon says her government will be ‘vigorously defending’ democracy as well as the bill passed in Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Everard inquiry to look at Met officer’s ‘monstrous campaign of abuse’ - OLD

Pc David Carrick was able to stay in the police service for two decades despite numerous complaints against him.

The Independent UK

Braverman launches review of Met’s dismissal processes after Carrick case

Home secretary says bureaucracy appears to have prevailed over common sense, but Labour calls her response weak

The Guardian - UK

Don’t tell me that David Carrick’s crimes were ‘unbelievable’. The problem is victims aren’t believed

Another criminally misogynist police officer pleads guilty, and officials voice surprise. No wonder women feel betrayed, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

David Carrick conviction: ‘How can women in London ever trust the police now?’

An ingrained culture of misogyny, ignoring victims and refusing to hold its officers to account has led to this point. Will women ever be able to put their faith in the Met again, asks Claire Cohen

Evening Standard

Tuesday briefing: Two decades of failure on PC David Carrick, ‘one of history’s worst sex offenders’

In today’s newsletter: This week, Carrick has admitted to 85 offences against 12 women in 20 years as a Met police officer. How was able to get away with it?

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Daily Mirror

'Those paid to uphold law must find foolproof system to avoid recruiting villains'

Carrick joins Wayne Couzens, the Met officer who kidnapped, raped and then murdered Sarah Everard as she walked home in London, as one of the worst criminals in the history of the force

The Independent UK

Met boss apologises for ‘horrific’ failures as officer revealed as serial rapist

Pc David Carrick attacked at least a dozen women over an 18-year period throughout his career with the Met.

The Guardian - UK

How one woman’s act of bravery exposed Met officer’s abuse and police failures

Complaint revealed campaign of terror by David Carrick and repeated police inaction likely to further erode public trust

The Independent UK

Serial rapist served as officer for 20 years as Met Police failed to spot ‘escalating pattern’ of abuse

Carrick was investigated by Scotland Yard for harassing a former partner before joining up – but passed vetting

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‘A thief came into our family and took the heart out of it’: the killing of Zara Aleena

Last year the bright, kind law graduate was brutally murdered as she walked home after a night out. Now her friends and family are striving to create meaning from the tragedy

The Guardian - UK

More than 150 Met officers investigated over sexual misconduct or racism

Exclusive: Figure of officers restricted from public-facing roles has doubled as force faces deep-rooted problems

The Independent UK

Davina McCall reflects on backlash after controversial Sarah Everard tweet: ‘I was frightened to go to the supermarket’

Presenter said that ‘cancel culture’ is the thing that makes her most angry about society

Evening Standard

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley targets 1,000 worst sex predators in London

The Met Commissioner said he wanted to use the ‘best science available’ to identify and then pursue the men to achieve the ‘proactive protection of women and children’

The Independent UK

Police officer sacked for slapping bottoms of young female officers

Police misconduct panel concludes PC Kevin Wood’s behaviour was ‘sexist and directed at young female officers’

Daily Record

Britain's most evil offenders who will spend the rest of their lives behind bars

Damien Bendall who brutally murdered his girlfriend and three children last year has recently joined the list of the UK's most twisted criminals who have been sentenced to a whole-life order in prison.

Daily Mirror

Twisted murderers and rapists who will die in jail as 'sleepover killer' given full life sentence

Evil killer Damien Bendall joins more than 60 other callous criminals serving whole-life sentences behind bars

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