Met Police officer David Carrick pleads guilty to dozens of rapes and sexual offences

How was one of the country’s most prolific rapists allowed to serve more than two decades in the Met Police?

The offences committed by David Carrick, who today admitted attacking a dozen women over a 17-year period, are shocking.

The failure of the police to uphold basic standards within the ranks is now a familiar one, with the Met conceding they missed numerous opportunities to stop his ‘unprecedented’ offending.