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A London police officer has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and sexually assaulting several women.

The 48-year-old must spend at least 30 years behind bars before he can be released on parole, a court in the British capital ruled on Tuesday. The man pleaded guilty to raping, abusing and disposing of a total of 12 women between 2003 and 2020.

For example, the police officer, who was responsible, among other things, for protecting the British Parliament, repeatedly abused his position and his service card to control and intimidate his victims. He is said to have repeatedly humiliated women by locking them naked in a small room or by urinating on them.

The case sparked outrage across the country. It commemorates the March 2021 murder of Sarah Everard, who was kidnapped by a London police officer using his ID card and later raped and murdered. The Metropolitan Police has been under fire for a long time anyway. Again and again there are scandals about criminal and corrupt officials and employees. The new police chief Mark Rowley has cracked down. Investigations against hundreds of employees are being rolled out again. (aeg/sda/dpa)