Britain’s biggest police force has moved 90 officers from tackling serious crime and counter-terrorism to a unit tasked to root out corrupt colleagues. Commissioner Mark Rowley made the announcement on Thursday as he revealed that a total of 161 Metropolitan (Met) Police officers have criminal convictions—76 for serious traffic offences including drink driving and careless driving….

A judge has sentenced murderer Wayne Couzens for a series of indecent exposures back in 2021 and said his ability to get away with the crimes could have emboldened him. The Metropolitan Police’s Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Stuart Cundy, apologised for the failure to apprehend him before he abducted, raped, and murdered Sarah Everard in March…

The Attorney General’s Office has confirmed the prison sentence handed out on Tuesday to serial rapist and former police officer David Carrick will be reviewed by the Court of Appeal. Carrick, 48, was jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 30 years after pleading guilty to 24 counts of rape and 25 other serious sexual…

A serving Metropolitan Police officer who worked alongside rapist and murderer Wayne Couzens, has admitted 24 counts of rape and 25 other offences which were carried out over the space of 18 years. PC David Carrick, 48, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Monday and pleaded guilty to four counts of rape, false imprisonment, and indecent…

Thousands of corrupt or unsatisfactory police officers may be working in England and Wales because of poor standards of vetting during the recruitment process, a watchdog has stated. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) looked at the vetting of recruits in eight police forces and found many had joined despite having…

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has promised to root out “corrupting behaviours” which he said had gone “unchallenged,” following an independent review by Baroness Louise Casey, a former Victims’ Commissioner. In her interim report, which was published on Monday, Casey said: “We heard many examples of unacceptable behaviour going unchecked for…

Six protesters who broke Britain’s lockdown laws to attend a vigil for Sarah Everard—who was abducted, raped, and murdered by a serving police officer in March 2021—will not face trial after the Crown Prosecution Service discontinued the case. The vigil was originally organised by Reclaim These Streets to protest at violence against women after Everard’s…

Four people who attended a vigil for murdered marketing executive Sarah Everard are being prosecuted in secret court hearings in London for allegedly breaking COVID-19 laws by their attendance. The vigil followed the discovery of Everard’s body in Kent. Her killer turned out to be a serving police officer, PC Wayne Couzens, and in September…

A lawyer representing the police officer-turned-sex killer Wayne Couzens has told the Court of Appeal his client should spend “decades in jail” for the rape and murder of Sarah Everard in March 2021 but should not have been given a whole-life prison sentence. Under English law the mandatory sentence for murder is life but the…

A British police commissioner resigned on Thursday over his comment about the murder of a woman in the hands of a then-serving police officer. Philip Allott, the resigned police, fire, and crime commissioner (PCC) for North Yorkshire who was accused of victim-blaming, apologised again for his comment, saying he “misspoke” and was “devastated” by the…