Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has admitted that he “failed” after serial rapist David Carrick pleaded guilty to dozens of rape and sexual offences against 12 women.

He said: “All I can say is I’m sorry, I’m sorry that we have let you down.”

Sir Mark told Sky News: “Not only have we let down the women in this case, the survivors who have courageously come forward.

“But I completely recognise that’s going to be the reaction of women across London and indeed more widely.

“You have my absolute word that we are going to be ruthless about sorting this out, about getting these people out the way and creating an organisation that’s better at dealing with the plague of sexual violence that we are seeing across the country.”

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