{"id":3168,"date":"2023-01-16T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T15:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3168"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:24:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:24:52","slug":"london-police-officer-pleads-guilty-to-24-rape-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/brusselsindependent\/london-police-officer-pleads-guilty-to-24-rape-charges\/2023\/01\/16\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"London police officer pleads guilty to 24 rape charges"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/span>LONDON<\/span> (Reuters) Jan,16<\/span> –<\/span> A<\/span> London<\/span> police<\/span> officer<\/span> has<\/span> become<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> Britain’s<\/span> most<\/span> prolific<\/span> sex<\/span> offenders<\/span> after<\/span> admitting<\/span> to<\/span> committing<\/span> 24<\/span> rapes<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> campaign<\/span> that<\/span> spanned<\/span> nearly<\/span> two<\/span> decades.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>London’s<\/span> Metropolitan<\/span> Police<\/span> and<\/span> prosecutors<\/span> say<\/span> David<\/span> Carrick,<\/span> 48,<\/span> used<\/span> his<\/span> seat<\/span> of<\/span> power<\/span> to<\/span> control<\/span> and<\/span> intimidate<\/span> his<\/span> victims,<\/span> telling<\/span> them<\/span> that<\/span> no<\/span> one<\/span> could<\/span> disagree<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> officers<\/span> on<\/span> duty.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Metropolitan<\/span> Police<\/span> have<\/span> already<\/span> suffered<\/span> a<\/span> loss<\/span> of<\/span> public<\/span> trust<\/span> following<\/span> a<\/span> string<\/span> of<\/span> scandals<\/span> and<\/span> have<\/span> apologized<\/span> for<\/span> not<\/span> recognizing<\/span> the<\/span> pattern<\/span> of<\/span> abuse<\/span> sooner.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> spokesman<\/span> for<\/span> British<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Rishi<\/span> Sunak<\/span> called<\/span> the<\/span> incident<\/span> “horrific”<\/span> and<\/span> London<\/span> Mayor<\/span> Sadiq<\/span> Khan<\/span> said<\/span> Carrick<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> charged<\/span> with<\/span> 49<\/span> charges<\/span> against<\/span> 12<\/span> victims<\/span> between<\/span> 2003<\/span> and<\/span> 2020.<\/span> After<\/span> admitting,<\/span> he<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> needed<\/span> to<\/span> answer<\/span> serious<\/span> questions.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>“This<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> horrific<\/span> incident<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister’s<\/span> thoughts<\/span> are<\/span> with<\/span> all<\/span> victims,”<\/span> \u200b\u200bsaid<\/span> a<\/span> spokesman<\/span> for<\/span> Sunak.<\/span> “Police<\/span> must<\/span> root<\/span> out<\/span> these<\/span> officers<\/span> in<\/span> order<\/span> to<\/span> restore<\/span> public<\/span> confidence<\/span> shaken<\/span> by<\/span> such<\/span> a<\/span> high-profile<\/span> event.”<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Metropolitan<\/span> Deputy<\/span> Commissioner<\/span> Barbara<\/span> Gray<\/span> said<\/span> patterns<\/span> of<\/span> abuse<\/span> should<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> discovered<\/span> sooner.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“By<\/span> not<\/span> doing<\/span> that,<\/span> I<\/span> missed<\/span> the<\/span> opportunity<\/span> to<\/span> remove<\/span> him<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> organization,”<\/span> she<\/span> said.<\/span> “We<\/span> sincerely<\/span> apologize<\/span> that<\/span> Carrick<\/span> continued<\/span> to<\/span> use<\/span> his<\/span> role<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> police<\/span> officer<\/span> to<\/span> prolong<\/span> the<\/span> suffering<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> victims.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Carrick,<\/span> who<\/span> joined<\/span> the<\/span> Met<\/span> in<\/span> 2001,<\/span> has<\/span> socially<\/span> and<\/span> economically<\/span> isolated<\/span> women,<\/span> often<\/span> holding<\/span> them<\/span> against<\/span> their<\/span> will<\/span> and<\/span> controlling<\/span> what<\/span> they<\/span> wear<\/span> and<\/span> when<\/span> they<\/span> sleep.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>London’s<\/span> Metropolitan<\/span> Police<\/span> were<\/span> embroiled<\/span> in<\/span> ‘special<\/span> measures’<\/span> last<\/span> year<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> culture<\/span> of<\/span> bullying,<\/span> racism<\/span> and<\/span> misogyny<\/span> emerged<\/span> among<\/span> some<\/span> officers.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>“Serious<\/span> questions<\/span> need<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> answered<\/span> about<\/span> how<\/span> he<\/span> abused<\/span> his<\/span> position<\/span> as<\/span> an<\/span> officer<\/span> in<\/span> this<\/span> appalling<\/span> manner,”<\/span> Mayor<\/span> Khan<\/span> said.<\/span> Carrick<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> sentenced<\/span> on<\/span> February<\/span> 6.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>London’s<\/span> Metropolitan<\/span> Police<\/span> issued<\/span> an<\/span> apology<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> and<\/span> praised<\/span> the<\/span> victims<\/span> for<\/span> their<\/span> courage<\/span> to<\/span> move<\/span> forward.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mets<\/span> Gray<\/span> said<\/span> work<\/span> to<\/span> identify<\/span> and<\/span> eliminate<\/span> corrupt<\/span> police<\/span> forces<\/span> was<\/span> “determined”,<\/span> “focused”<\/span> and<\/span> underway.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mark<\/span> Lawrie,<\/span> who<\/span> was<\/span> appointed<\/span> chief<\/span> of<\/span> London’s<\/span> police<\/span> force<\/span> last<\/span> July,<\/span> vowed<\/span> to<\/span> wipe<\/span> them<\/span> out<\/span> and<\/span> fire<\/span> all<\/span> police<\/span> officers<\/span> found<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> corrupt,<\/span> racist<\/span> and<\/span> breaking<\/span> the<\/span> law.<\/span> An<\/span> independent<\/span> London<\/span> Police<\/span> investigation<\/span> in<\/span> October<\/span> said<\/span> “fundamental”<\/span> reform<\/span> is<\/span> needed<\/span> in<\/span> how<\/span> to<\/span> deal<\/span> with<\/span> allegations<\/span> of<\/span> misconduct<\/span> facing<\/span> hundreds<\/span> of<\/span> staff<\/span> and<\/span> officers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>This<\/span> review<\/span> was<\/span> commissioned<\/span> in<\/span> 2021<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> cop<\/span> was<\/span> sentenced<\/span> to<\/span> life<\/span> in<\/span> prison<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> rape<\/span> and<\/span> murder<\/span> of<\/span> Sarah<\/span> Everard.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON (Reuters) Jan,16 – A London police officer has become one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders after admitting to committing 24 rapes in a campaign that spanned nearly two decades. London’s Metropolitan Police and prosecutors say David Carrick, 48, used his seat of power to control and intimidate his victims, telling them that no […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[1,779,2395],"tags":[693,796,797,798,799],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/met.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3170,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3168\/revisions\/3170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}