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Met Police Officer charged with rape

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FanGirlX · 03/10/2021 21:48

Another bad apple.

Met Police officer David Carrick, 46, is charged with rape
mol.im/a/10055205

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martingrowler · 03/10/2021 21:49

That link looked a bit dodge but I googled the name and sadly yes, legit.

I give up.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10055205/Met-Police-officer-charged-rape.html

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FanGirlX · 03/10/2021 21:51

Thanks for the non dodge link. I copied it from Facebook.

My heart sank when I read the article.

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martingrowler · 03/10/2021 21:52

Didn't Sarah Everard's killer work in parliamentary protection too?

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FanGirlX · 03/10/2021 21:53

@martingrowler

Didn't Sarah Everard's killer work in parliamentary protection too?
He did, yes. MPs are now upset that he was allowed to protect them.
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AnneLovesGilbert · 03/10/2021 21:53

Fucking hell.

DrunkenKoala · 03/10/2021 21:54

LBC reported it a few minutes ago.

It happened just over a year ago, I wonder why it’s taken so long?

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martingrowler · 03/10/2021 21:56

I note the guardian article asks people not to speculate, comment etc. online.

Bordois · 03/10/2021 21:58

@DrunkenKoala

LBC reported it a few minutes ago.

It happened just over a year ago, I wonder why it’s taken so long?

Well, I guess they didn't want it getting out that they had (another) alleged rapist being ignored by the Met
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FanGirlX · 03/10/2021 21:58

@DrunkenKoala

LBC reported it a few minutes ago.

It happened just over a year ago, I wonder why it’s taken so long?

I don't know. It was bound to get in the press, so charging just after WC's trial (and guilty plea) doesn't seem as though it was planned. Unless I'm missing something.
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SpindleWhirl · 03/10/2021 21:59

Funny (not) how all these cases are suddenly now being dealt with.

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FanGirlX · 03/10/2021 22:06

@SpindleWhirl

Funny (not) how all these cases are suddenly now being dealt with.
It's interesting that the alleged attack took place over a year ago. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.
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DoubleShotEspresso · 03/10/2021 22:08

Just seen this and now reached the point of despair.
Cressida honestly needs to go and a new commissioner with a commitment to change must be appointed.

FOJN · 03/10/2021 22:09

Reading the article it looks as if it's taken 13 months to arrest him but there is no detail about when the original complaint was made. The met spokesman said he was suspended immediately, does that mean yesterday?

I appreciate he's innocent until proven guilty but I'm struggling to believe he only became a suspect yesterday so why wasn't he suspended pending investigation?

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FanGirlX · 03/10/2021 22:22

@DoubleShotEspresso

Just seen this and now reached the point of despair. Cressida honestly needs to go and a new commissioner with a commitment to change must be appointed.
Someone needs to take charge and root the endemic misogyny out.

What's happened to the officers who didn't act on the reports of WC exposing himself?

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Auroreforet · 03/10/2021 22:24

Cressida Dick apparently upset to hear the news.
As if we’re supposed to believe she only just found out.

ftw163532 · 03/10/2021 22:27

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/david-carrick-met-police-rape-b1931551.html

Police always protect their own. That's the first priority of police culture.

FlibbertyGiblets · 03/10/2021 22:29

It really is heartsinking.
We know the stats on rape trials. We know the stats on cops being investigated.

Queenoftheashes · 03/10/2021 22:29

Another one on daily Mail dressed as Jimmy savile for his stag

SpindleWhirl · 03/10/2021 22:29

Guardian:

Carrick was charged on Sunday, having been arrested by Hertfordshire constabulary and subsequently suspended by the Met on 2 October. He will appear via video link at Hatfield magistrates court on Monday.

So he was only suspended yesterday.

I wonder when the alleged rape was first reported.

ftw163532 · 03/10/2021 22:30

If the nation's police officers were all properly re-vetted as suggested today there would be a significant drop in the number of police once all the scumbags had been dismissed.

It's systemic, not isolated "bad apples" .

ftw163532 · 03/10/2021 22:31

@SpindleWhirl

Guardian:

Carrick was charged on Sunday, having been arrested by Hertfordshire constabulary and subsequently suspended by the Met on 2 October. He will appear via video link at Hatfield magistrates court on Monday.

So he was only suspended yesterday.

I wonder when the alleged rape was first reported.

I would bet money that the complainant had to fight to get the case investigated rather than buried.
milkytwilightt · 03/10/2021 22:33

This is so draining. I’m terrified for the future my daughter will have.

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FanGirlX · 03/10/2021 22:34

@ftw163532

If the nation's police officers were all properly re-vetted as suggested today there would be a significant drop in the number of police once all the scumbags had been dismissed.

It's systemic, not isolated "bad apples" .

I know it's not isolated bad apples. I was being sarcastic.
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FanGirlX · 03/10/2021 22:35

Another one on daily Mail dressed as Jimmy savile for his stag

Part of me thinks are they just fucking stupid? Then I think, no, they just don't care.

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