The child sex crimes charges came after another Metropolitan Police officer, still serving as a chief inspector, was found dead a week before he could also be charged in the same case.
LONDON, United Kingdom – London’s police force, reeling this week from the exposure of a serial rapist in its ranks, said Thursday that two retired officers had been charged with child sex offences.officer, still serving as a chief inspector, was found dead a week ago before he could also be charged in the same case.
They both left the Met over a decade ago but came under suspicion during the investigation into serving officer Richard Watkinson, 49, whose body was found the same day he was due to answer bail in the case.“Chief Inspector Watkinson was facing extremely serious and concerning charges, as the result of a painstaking and thorough police investigation,” Met Commander Jon Savell said in a statement.
The Met had failed to act on prior allegations levelled against Carrick, who served in an armed unit protecting MPs and foreign diplomats. But opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer – a lawyer and former chief prosecutor in England and Wales – demanded radical reform of the Met, including possibly changing its name.
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