LONDON: A serving London police officer has admitted conducting 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 ran for more than 17 years.
The Metropolitan Police apologised on Monday and said it should have spotted the pattern of abuse after David Carrick, 48, pleaded guilty to a total of 49 charges relating to 12 victims, including 24 counts of rape between 2003 and 2020.
London's Metropolitan Police, which has been placed in "special measures" after it was hit by a series of scandals in the last year, said Carrick had abused his power as a police officer to commit degrading crimes.
