Danny Shaw said the Met 'can't be trusted' to conduct its own investigation of Adam Provan, who has been jailed for 16 years after raping a 16-year-old girl and a female colleague.
between 2003 and 2005, and twice raping a teenager who he met on a blind date after lying about his age in 2010.
He mentioned that the judge at Wood Green Crown Court, Noel Lucas KC, "was very critical of the Met, saying that they were in effect 'protecting one of their own', and those words should be ringing in the ears of the Metropolitan Police today".
The commentator noted that the force is conducting a review from its own internal directorate of professional standards, but said: "Surely we need the watchdog, the IOPC to look into that because it's marking your own homework, and as we've seen in this case and others, it's just not effective enough.
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