A Metropolitan police officer has been remanded in custody on Monday after denying a rape allegation in court. The hearing came as Britain’s criminal justice system is under pressure to prosecute rape allegations more aggressively in the wake of Sarah Everard’s abduction, rape, and murder in March by then-serving Met officer Wayne Couzens. Met officer David Carrick, 46, who serves in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, where Couzens also served, appeared in court on Monday over one court of rape following an alleged attack, a charge he “emphatically” denied. According to media reports, Carrick is alleged to have taken a woman, who he met on a dating app in August 2020, back to a Premier Inn after visiting two pubs in a Hertfordshire town. The alleged attack is said to have taken place the following morning. Carrick was arrested on Oct. 2 by Hertfordshire Constabulary and remanded in custody. The Met suspended him …