Police Misconduct Tribunal: Favoring Rapist Over Victim

0:00On March 19, David Carrick, a former armed metropolitan police officer, is serving 37 life sentences for raping and abusing more than a dozen women over 17 years. He got arrested in July 2021 after one victim reported multiple rapes and controlling behavior. Now a detective sergeant named Ray McKinnon faces the Misconda Tribunal for his role in the early probe into those claims. McKinnon showed up at Stephen H. Police Station that July 17 to check on the investigation. Even though Carrick faced serious rape accusations, McKinnon drove him home because the welfare officer arrived late without a car. Tribunal lawyers called this preferential treatment toward Carrick over the victim. The victim soon pulled out of the criminal case, saying she lacked the mental strength to go on as a serving officer targeted her. McKinnon supervised the lighter streamline review for internal police discipline instead of pushing a full probe. He noted possible issues with her story and heard from others it might go nowhere without more proof. Allegations against McKinnon

1:04include skipping witness contacts, ignoring offensive messages between Carrick and the victim's partner and not. Reaching out to her directly. Officials say this shows bias against her sex or race, amounting to a major failure in duty that could get him fired. The hearing continues today. Spotlighting how police handled early red flags on one of Britain's worst sex offenders.