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Author: bbc.co.ukPublished on: October 23, 2026Country: United Kingdom

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The BBC News homepage features detective Linda Williams, who was raped by her colleague David Carrick. She says the Metropolitan Police’s handling of her case was “like being raped again.” Carrick was jailed in 2023 for sexual offences against 12 women.

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