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Crime brief: 10 February 2023

10 February 2023 / David Walbank KC
Issue: 8012 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Criminal , Public
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Misconduct which undermines public trust in the police clearly warrants severe punishment, says David Walbank KC
  • Double murder of sisters in London park.
  • Officers guarding crime scene took and distributed photographs of victims.
  • Sentencing for misconduct in public office.

It has been a difficult couple of years for the Met. London’s police force (assuming it is still acceptable to refer to the capital’s constabulary as a ‘force’ rather than a ‘service’) has found itself under pressure from all sides. Its policing of public demonstrations against continuing misogynistic violence in society, following the rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer, elicited howls of protest. The heinous crimes of the serial rapist, David Carrick, and his sentencing hearing earlier this week, have shocked the nation. Its attempts to keep the metropolis moving, despite the best efforts of Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil to bring gridlock to the streets, were met with weary resignation by angry commuters. Its decision-making in relation to COVID restriction-busting

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