Former police officer gets 24 years for raping three girls

A former Met Police officer who repeatedly raped three teenage girls to leave them feeling ‘worthless and terrified’ has been jailed for 24 years. Vile Anthony Smith, 56, carried out the horrific attacks between 1993 and 1997 thinking his victims would never complain because of his job. Smith left the force in 2004 after he was convicted of gross indecency with a child in an unrelated matter. An investigation was finally launched in 2020 when one of his victims came…