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Jan 2023
Last Updated: 17/01/2023
Met Police serial rapist case 'abhorrent', says North Yorkshire chief constable
David Carrick (left) and chief constable of North Yorkshire Police, Lisa Winward.
North Yorkshire Police’s chief constable has described the case of a Metropolitan Police officer who raped 12 woman across two decades as “absolutely abhorrent”.
David Carrick, 48, admitted dozens of rape and sexual offences against his victims while serving in the force.
He was sacked today following a misconduct hearing.
Speaking at a Harrogate Borough Council overview and scrutiny meeting last night, Lisa Winward, chief constable of North Yorkshire Police, said Carrick was not “one of us”.
She said:
“The story that has been in the media today in relation to the Metropolitan Police officer is absolutely abhorrent.
“It is not something that we would associated with someone who is employed to keep people safe and enforce the law.”
Ms Winward added:
“These sort of cases are a shock to people who work in policing and care about policing and we don’t deem those individuals who involve themselves in that sort of behaviour to be one of us.”
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This morning, Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley apologised and told the BBC that opportunities were missed to remove Carrick from his position.
The news comes as it was revealed at a police, fire and crime panel last week that more than half of recorded violent crimes in North Yorkshire and York are against women and girls.
Simon Dennis, chief executive of the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner’s office, said in York in 2021/22 there had been 5,615 violent crimes, of which 52% were linked to a female victim and 34% were marked as domestic abuse.
He said the statistics for North Yorkshire were almost exactly the same.
Mr Dennis said a full picture of the scale of violence against women and girls was difficult to outline due to under-reporting, which was a known issue being addressed by public sector organisations across North Yorkshire and York.
Ms Winward told a meeting the under-reporting of such offences meant the known incidents were “just the tip of the iceberg”.
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