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Two retired Metropolitan Police officers charged with child sex offences
Jack Addis and Jeremy Laxton, two retired Met police officers, have both been charged with child sex offences after being caught in an investigation into a serving Met police chief for similar offences
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Four Met Police officers investigated over arrest of strip search of girl, 15
The teenage girl was held at the station just eight days after another 15-year-old girl, named only as Child Q, was strip-searched at a school in Hackney, east London
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Hundreds of people evacuated from UK Coca-Cola factory after toxic acid leak
Firefighters were seen donning chemical protection suits and breathing equipment after reports of a spillage involving hydrochloric acid at the site in south-east London where 200 people had to be evacuated
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Serial rapist cop 'began sex attacks in his teens' as police fear 19 victims
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
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Football has been 'used to fuel racism and misogyny', MPs told
The Women and Equalities committee heard there were “two sides” to football . One was about bringing people together while the other was 'sadly' far more sinister
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Arsenal release damning statement on anti-semitism during Tottenham clash
Arsenal have penned a strong statement condemning a number of shocking incidents that took place during the weekend of their North London Derby victory over fierce rivals Tottenham
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Dad missing with girlfriend and baby is sex offender who spent 20 years in jail
Mark Gordon was jailed in America in 1990 for the rape of a woman in Florida, since being deported to the UK he struck up a relationship with Constance Marten but the two have recently vanished along with a newborn baby
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Met Police 'culture of racism and sex abuse left black workers feeing suicidal'
Serving Metropolitan Police officers have revealed harrowing details of alleged rape within the force which were dismissed as well as a culture of racism which left an officer suicidal
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Police forces told to check cops against UK database after David Carrick case
Following horrific revelations of Met Police officer David Carrick's crimes, police forces across the country are now being made to check their own officers to remove other "predatory individuals"
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Sarah Everard probe to ask how vile Carrick was allowed to remain cop so long
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
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'Too angry to watch Love Island as Andrew Tate-style chauvinist cancer grows'
With misogyny and gaslighting on the last series, Polly Hudson can't bear to tune in to the ITV show, and she blames much of the chauvinist cancer growing among today’s teenage boys on Andrew Tate
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One of UK's worst rapists dismissed from police after admitting abuse campaign
Met Police officer David Carrick is awaiting sentencing at the Old Bailey after admitting 43 charges, including 20 counts of rape, making him one of Britain's worst rapists
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'Those paid to uphold law must find foolproof system to not recruite villains'
Carrick joins Wayne Couzens, the Met officer who kidnapped, raped and then murdered Sarah Everard as she walked home in London, as one of the worst criminals in the history of the force
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Ex of serial rapist cop says he threatened to kill her and made her drink urine
An ex of David Carrick described how she suffered a horrific campaign of abuse during their year-long relationship during he would he would beat her if she refused to engage in 'weird, crazy' sex
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Over 1000 Met Police staff accused of sex offences or domestic abuse in 10 years
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
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Mum of Met Police serial rapist reported him as a teen after serious allegation
David Carrick's mother has told a newspaper how she raised a concern about a 'serious allegation' against him when he was a teenager - the officer has now pleaded guilty to 49 offences
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Woman sent threatening messages by boyfriend's best friend in twisted campaign
Robert Leary, 27, downloaded private images of the woman in a state of undress and used the dark web to repeatedly access her private account even after she changed her password
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Rapist cop's timeline of terror as he preyed on victims from dating sites
David Carrick is due to be sentenced next month, after admitting 49 offences between 2003 and 2020 including rape, sexual assault and false imprisonment
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Cop guilty of 24 counts of rape called victim 'disgusting' after hotel attack
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
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Met Police missed nine chances to stop serial rapist cop who attacked 12 women
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
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Cop unmasked as one of UK's worst rapists after dozens of attacks on 12 women
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
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Girl, 7, shot at funeral of woman married to Colombian cartel money launderer
Carlos Arturo Sanchez-Coronado, who passed away last year, was once jailed in the UK for his role in helping to launder money for a London drugs gang linked to the Colombian Cali cartel
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Man arrested after Euston church drive-by shooting left girl, 7 injured
A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a seven-year-old girl was seriously injured and four women left hospitalised following a shooting outside a funeral in Euston
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Drive-by shooting at funeral that injured girl, 7, was 'revenge' attack
Eyewitnesses have recalled the "terrifying" moment they heard a “bang like a firework” by St Aloysius church, opposite Euston railway station, yesterday as Met Police say a manhunt is underway
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Man arrested for terror offence in relation to Heathrow uranium nuclear scare
A man in his 60s has been arrested by police in Cheshire after traces of uranium were found at Heathrow Airport in December, Scotland Yard has confirmed tonight
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