Women’s Aid responds to ex-Met officer being found guilty of more sex offences

Isabelle Younane, head of external affairs at Women’s Aid, comments:  

“Today’s news that serial rapist and former police officer, David Carrick, has also been found guilty of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl and a former partner, as well as coercive and controlling behaviour, will further damage the trust and confidence that women have in policing.  

“We know from our work with survivors, that women experiencing violence and abuse from a police perpetrator are that much more reluctant to come forward – more must be done to ensure that these crimes are investigated properly and perpetrators are held to account, if this trust is to ever be rebuilt.  

“We urgently need comprehensive changes to vetting, recruitment, misconduct and standards processes within forces to have confidence that they are tackling police perpetrators effectively. We also need the government to hold forces accountable for delivering the urgent reforms to vetting and recruitment called for within the Angiolini Inquiry to ensure that survivors can trust the culture and integrity of policing”.