Following today’s scathing publication of Part 1 from the Angiolini Inquiry, the independent inquiry into how an off-duty Metropolitan officer was able to abduct, rape and murder Sarah Everard in 2021, Caroline Russell AM released the below statement:
“The glaring failure to pick up on countless instances of indecent exposure, misogynistic attitudes, and spreading graphic images will further erode Londoners’ trust in the Met.
"To know that an officer behaving like that, raising so many red flags, was met with inaction by the police does nothing to tell Londoners, particularly women, that they are safe as they head home tonight.
“The Met says it's trying to fix its foundations, but everything we heard today shows just how rotten those foundations are.”
Notes to editors
Caroline Russell AM, who is Chair of the London Police and Crime Committee, is available for interview. The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee is the government body that scrutinises the work of the Metropolitan Police and investigate key policing and crime issues in London.
Read the Angiolini Inquiry’s Part 1 Report.