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David Carrick jailed for life over series of rapes while Met police officer The Guardian says David Carrick, who believed his position as a Metropolitan police officer made him “untouchable” as he raped, assaulted and inflicted “irretrievable destruction” on at least 12 women before intimidating them into silence, has been jailed for life. The firearms officer, entrusted to guard parliament and diplomatic sites after the Met missed clue after clue about the danger he posed, will spend at least 30 more years in prison for his 17-year spree of crimes. Carrick, 48, stood in the dock at Southwark crown court,…

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Epsom head teacher called sister before shot by husband Emma Pattison, the head teacher of Epsom College, made a distressed call to her sister before she and her daughter were shot dead by her husband, media reports. George Pattison is believed to have shot and killed Emma Pattison and Lettie, 7, at the family home on the school grounds, before ending his own life. Mrs Pattison is believed to have called the relative late on Saturday evening, by the time the family member arrived, all three were dead. The school announced on Tuesday it would close until the half-term break,…

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A man has been charged after the school-girl was found at a house in Galashiels (Picture: Daily Record/Media Scotland) A 53-year-old man who had been arrested in connection with the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl from Scotland has been charged by police. Police Scotland said the girl was reported missing from the Borders on Sunday night, before being found at a property in Galashiels at around 9.30pm the following day. Mountain rescue teams had joined search efforts after sightings near the town’s Interchange – which offers train and bus services from the town. Door-to-door inquiries were carried out in the…

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