Failure to properly vet officers resulted in serial rapists within Met ranks, review finds

Abandoning checks on staff and officers was a dereliction of the Met's duty to keep London safe', says home secretary

Serial rapists including David Carrick were left in the ranks of the Metropolitan police because of a failure to carry out necessary vetting on thousands of officers and staff, it has been revealed.

An internal review by the force found it had lowered vetting checks into the backgrounds of prospective and existing police officers and staff between 2013 and 2023.