The conviction of PC David Carrick for 85 crimes against 12 women, whom he terrorised through violence, abuse, coercion and humiliation, has shaken the Metropolitan police and sent it into a new crisis.
Allegations against him date to before he joined the police in 2001, and despite multiple complaints against him as an officer, he was allowed to continue serving and received promotions within the force.
The Guardian’s Emine Sinmaz tells Nosheen Iqbal about how she spoke to one of Carrick’s victims who ultimately did not proceed as a witness in the case. She describes her relationship with the officer who became ever more possessive and controlling and eventually raped her.
The crime correspondent Vikram Dodd, a veteran of past police scandals, describes his astonishment at the crimes of Carrick and the way they have pitched the Met into a new crisis so soon after the conviction of a serving officer for the murder of Sarah Everard. A culture change is long overdue but it is far from clear how quickly it can be enacted.
