Elite Metropolitan police officer David Carrick revealed as serial rapist

Carrick, 48, carried out 85 serious offences over 17 years, despite force being told repeatedly of allegations

• One woman's act of bravery exposed officer's abuse and Met failures
• I can kill you': how Met officer terrorised women over two decades

An elite Metropolitan police officer waged a campaign of terror and humiliation against women for two decades, committing 48 rapes to become one of the worst sex offenders in modern history.

The force ignored eight warnings about PC David Carrick's abusive behaviour, leading Downing Street to warn faith in the police had been shattered" and the force's new commissioner to say the leadership should have been more determined to root out such a misogynist".