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The 48-year-old must spend at least 30 years behind bars before he can be conditionally released, a court in the British capital ruled on Tuesday. The man pleaded guilty to raping, abusing and depriving a total of 12 women between 2003 and 2020.
Accordingly, the police officer, who was responsible for the protection of the British Parliament, among other things, repeatedly abused his position and his service card to control and intimidate his victims. He is said to have repeatedly humiliated women by locking them naked in a tiny chamber or urinating on them.
The case had caused outrage across the country. It commemorates the March 2021 killing of Sarah Everard, who was kidnapped by a London police officer using his ID card and later raped and murdered. The Metropolitan Police has been under criticism for a long time anyway. Again and again there are scandals about criminal and corrupt officials and employees. New police chief Mark Rowley has promised a crackdown. Investigations against hundreds of employees are to be rolled out again.
Source: Nachrichten
