David Carrick: The Met Police's challenge to "root out rapists"
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The force has apologised to victims after it emerged Carrick had come to the attention of police on nine separate occasions, but no action had been taken.
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson gets more on the Met's response from Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt. Former Met officer Graham Wettone explains how complains against officers are dealt with, and Harriet Wistrich, director of the Centre for Women's Justice, explains why she believes those investigating police culture need to be given more power to uncover the truth.
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| 1:00.4 | David Carrick. |
| 1:01.8 | Policeman. |
| 1:02.9 | Firearms officer. |
| 1:04.8 | Serial sexual offender. |
| 1:07.4 | Over an 18-year career with the Metropolitan Police, Carrick attacked at least, at least, 12 women. |
| 1:16.9 | The Mets Chief Commissioner has now apologised. |
| 1:20.1 | We have failed, and I'm sorry. He should not have been a police officer. |
| 1:25.2 | But we have been here before. |
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