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Speaking to the Sun the woman, who only gives her first name as Rachel, said Carrick seemed to know about an assault she had reported to the police, suggesting he had used the force's database to look up her personal information.

She added that he had claimed to take items, including jewellery, from the Met's evidence lockers to use them at home.

She told the paper: 'I once asked him if he was not worried about getting caught because of his job. His exact words to me were "it's because of my job that I'm not worried".

'He said he was so far at the top that he was untouchable.'

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It comes as one female former chief constable warned that vetting in the police is 'non-existent'.

Sue Fish, the former head of Nottinghamshire Police, said the system is 'utterly unfit for purpose' and that it 'fails to recognise predatory men within policing ranks or aspiring to-be members of the police service'.

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When Carrick was first arrested for rape in July 2021, he was placed on restricted duties rather than being suspended. And bosses failed to carry out basic checks into his background that would have revealed a pattern of abusive behaviour.

Carrick was vetted just twice during his two decades in the force, in 2001 and 2017, despite rules stating officers in his position should be reviewed every ten years.

He was known among colleagues as 'Bastard Dave' and had a reputation for being 'mean and cruel'. But over two decades, no colleagues expressed concerns.

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