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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 · Jan 17, 2023

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 · Jan 17, 2023

Serial rapist sacked from London police

LONDON: A British police officer who admitted being a serial rapist was formally sacked on Tuesday, as the government called on forces across the country to root out the criminal and corrupt in their ranks.

Bangkok Post · Jan 17, 2023

ITV Good Morning Britain viewers left frustrated as they spot Susanna Reid's habit during interview with the Met Police Commissioner

She was again joined by co-host Ed Balls on the ITV news programme

Manchester Evening News · Jan 17, 2023

Ex-victims’ commissioner hits out at ‘evil’ in Met amid David Carrick fallout

Vera Baird questions police force’s commitment to culture change after elite officer revealed as serial rapist

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

Hundreds of Met officers accused of violence against women have cases reviewed

The action is being taken in the wake of the case of David Carrick, who has been unmasked as one of Britain’s worst sex offenders.

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023

Met chief ‘can’t promise women reporting sexual offence will not meet officer accused of wrongdoing’

More than 1,000 Metropolitan Police officers and staff remain in service despite being accused of sexual offences or domestic abuse

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023

Home Secretary tells Met chief he must ‘root out rapists’ in police force

EXCLUSIVE: Suella Braverman told the Standard that ‘real change is needed now’ in the Met to stop offenders like Carrick ‘slipping through the net’

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2023

The police don’t need powers to further curtail our right to protest. Just teach them the law

These measures are born of culture wars rather than the need to balance the freedom to disrupt with maintenance of order, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

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?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023