Police in England and Wales ‘evading public scrutiny’ by deleting misconduct cases from websites

Observer investigation finds of the Met officer and serial rapist David Carrick among dozens removed from police websites

Police forces in England and Wales have been accused of trying to “evade public scrutiny” after an Observer investigation found that the outcomes of dozens of officer misconduct cases have been deleted from their websites.

They include some of the most serious cases of criminality, including that of the serial rapist David Carrick.