Met Police Officer charged with rape

[FanGirlX]

Another bad apple.

Met Police officer David Carrick, 46, is charged with rape
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My dd has just gone through the nine month recruitment process to become a detective with the Met. Now having some serious misgivings about her joining..

@FlibbertyGiblets

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

I'm a middle aged women with a responsible job and I feel like rioting.

The whole damn tree needs cutting and replanted

@HopeYourHighHorseBucks

The whole damn tree needs cutting and replanted

Yep.

One thousand police officers and staff probed for vile content online
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Funnily enough (not), my 20-something adult son said to me today that he finally understands how frightening and relatively small my world must be compared to his.

He finally understands why I don't really like walking alone at night, getting in taxis on my own, answering the door at night if I'm home alone, being approached by stranger males at bus stops and train stations, being touched by men without my permission, being leered at, shouted at, etc etc etc.

He is thinking about why I'm always just a little bit afraid in a way he isn't. It's not because I'm 'neurotic' - it's because I'm a woman.

Evening, all. Just a reminder, as the chief prosecutor for the area says in the article alluded to on this thread, "The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against the defendant are active and that he has a right to a fair trial. It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings."

Thank you.

@HebeMumsnet

We can only comment on what has been reported in the news, which is very little. Anything else is opinion and speculation not sharing of information, which I believe we're allowed to do.

And say 'alleged'. That's fair.

People keep saying ' a bad apple' . We need to remember the whole phrase which is that one bad apple can spoil the whole barrel.

@SpindleWhirl it’s good that he’s beginning to understand, bad that he has to.

@SpindleWhirl

Funnily enough (not), my 20-something adult son said to me today that he finally understands how frightening and relatively small my world must be compared to his.

He finally understands why I don't really like walking alone at night, getting in taxis on my own, answering the door at night if I'm home alone, being approached by stranger males at bus stops and train stations, being touched by men without my permission, being leered at, shouted at, etc etc etc.

He is thinking about why I'm always just a little bit afraid in a way he isn't. It's not because I'm 'neurotic' - it's because I'm a woman.

Wow.....well done...your son sounds amazingly aware of the reality most females face...be one proud mum x

If Cressida has any dignity left she will resign.

would bet money that the complainant had to fight to get the case investigated rather than buried.

This was my first thought too.

Half of Met Police officers found guilty of sexual misconduct kept their jobs. That's a lot of bad apples.

More than HALF of Met officers guilty of sexual misconduct kept job
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All I can see in the published articles so far is that the CPS yesterday authorised the police to charge him. Court appearance Monday morning.

Nothing further about when it was first reported to the police.

But the possibilities do include the police and CPS not moving on this case for over a year, and only acting once the ground very recently shifted; or the victim reported it after a time period because she thought she might be more likely to be believed.

He has been found guilty.
Oh my word - such appalling crimes.
He passed vetting procedures and yet in 2002 while still in his probationary period he was accused of harassment and assault by a former partner yet the matter was not reported to the Directorate of Professional Standards.
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Why not ?