Serial rapist David Carrick stripped of state-funded Met police pension

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Serial rapist David Carrick has been stripped of his state-funded Metropolitan Police pension. Carrick, who was unmasked as one of the UK's worst sex offenders and convicted of crimes against 12 women over 17 years, will lose 65% of his pension, estimated to be more than £10,000 a year, which was contributed by the force.

If the former officer is released from prison he can still receive 35%, his personal financial contribution. The London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (Mopac) made a pension forfeiture application to the Home Office after Carrick was jailed for at least 30 years in February last year, a move backed by Scotland Yard.

Sadiq Khan said: "David Carrick blatantly abused his position of trust as a police officer to carry out his appalling crimes. "I have been very clear that steps should be taken to remove the employer contributions of his Met Police pension and it has now been decided that David Carrick will lose all these employer contributions." Home Office guidance states pension forfeiture can only be applied for when an officer has a conviction "committed in connection with their service as a member of a police force".

The offence must be certified by the Home Secretary as "liable to lead to a serious loss of confidence in the public service" or "gravely injurious to the interests of the state".