All news by author: Tom Pettifor

Carrick, 48, lured the woman to his flat saying he was the “safest person” she could be with because he was an officer but then threatened her with the weapon when she tried to leave

Police chief Martin Hewitt has apologised on behalf of the police service for failing to keep people safe at the FA Cup match at Hillsborough, in which 97 Liverpool fans died

Kenneth Noye stabbed 21-year-old Stephen Cameron to death on a slip road of the M25 near Swanley, Kent, and then went on the run

Businessman Nicholas van Hoogstraten - who was found to have ordered the killing of a business partner - owns the hotel where refugee children disappeared through his family firm, documents show

Paul Betts led the Met’s “Line of Duty” department when it found armed officer Carrick had “no case to answer” for misconduct five months after Sarah Everard’s murder by another officer

Pc Hussain Chehab committed some of the charges of making indecent photographs of a child while posted at the school in Enfield, north London

Every six days someone is killed by an offender on probation and criminals on licence killed a total of 599 people in the last decade- our criminal justice system is in crisis, so when will the Government address these deadly failings?

Jordan McSweeney 29, was wrongly considered medium risk by the private firm monitoring him despite the killer warning staff his anger scared him

Scotland Yard detectives are visiting the country to continue investigations into the suspected atrocities over which five Brits were questioned back in 2020

Jack Addis, 63, and Jeremy Laxton, 62, will appear in court accused of child sex abuse image offences - while serving Chief Inspector Richard Watkinson was found dead last week

One woman is understood to have told police that serial rapist police officer David Carrick sexually assaulted her when he was in his teens, as officers also fear he targeted at least 19 victims over 30 years

Home Secretary said that Carrick's case will be included in Sarah Everard murder inquiry - warning that more shocking cases involving police offers may come to light

The cases are being urgently reviewed after it emerged serial rapist David Carrick was allowed to remain in the force despite being accused of rape, assault, harassment, domestic abuse and burglary

WARNING: DISTURBING DETAILS David Carrick had been reported to police on nine separate occasions over 21 years but was cleared each time to continue working as a gun carrying officer

WARNING: DISTURBING DETAILS David Carrick was allowed to remain on the force as a gun carrying officer despite being accused of rape, assault, harassment, burglary and domestic abuse

WARNING: DISTURBING DETAILS Met Police officer PC David Carrick had originally denied all the allegations, claiming either the women consented or the events did not occur, until his admission of guilt on Monday

Micky McAvoy, who masterminded the 1983 robbery of £26million from Brinks-Mat’s Heathrow depot, has died aged 70 and never got his hands on the money stolen in the mega-heist