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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rosie Shead and Matt Watts

'Unconscious bias' led to failure in investigation of 'monster in the Met' David Carrick, tribunal hears

A Metropolitan Police detective failed to oversee a thorough investigation into serial rapist David Carrick because of "unconscious bias" relating to the victim's race and sex, a tribunal has heard.

Carrick, 51, who previously served as an armed officer in the same force, is one of the country's worst ever sex offenders and is currently serving 37 life sentences after attacking more than a dozen women.

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