Convicted sex offenders still serving in Met Police as hundreds to be re-investigated

Commissioner says force in ‘first stages of battle’ as almost 900 officers and staff with past domestic and sex abuse allegations re-assessed

Convicted sex offenders are serving in the Metropolitan Police, the force has admitted, as it re-investigates hundreds of officers flagged for sexual and domestic abuse allegations.

An operation triggered by revelations that serial rapist David Carrick had been allowed to remain as a police officer, despite several reports of assault, examined more than 1,100 officers and staff who previously faced no action.

A separate trawl of police databases uncovered that 161 Metropolitan Police officers – roughly one in 200 – have criminal convictions, including three who committed sex offences while employed by Britain’s largest force.