Detective sergeant ‘bungled probe into serial abuser’

A detective sergeant failed to properly investigate allegations against a colleague who became one of Britain’s worst serial rapists, a tribunal heard. DS Ray Mackennon oversaw the misconduct investigation into David Carrick, who worked within the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection (PaDP) branch as an armed officer from 2009. Carrick, now 51, was handed 36 life sentences with a minimum term of at least 30 years in 2023 for 71 crimes against a dozen women including rape, sexual assault and exerting…