Be wary of lone policemen, warns London head teacher

A caput teacher has warned pupils astatine her all-girls' schoolhouse "not to let a lone policeman to attack you astatine immoderate time".

Fionnuala Kennedy, caput of Wimbledon High School successful southbound London, made the comments aft the David Carrick case.

Met Police serviceman David Carrick admitted 49 intersexual offences, including 24 counts of rape, crossed 2 decades. He has been dismissed by the force.

Ms Kennedy said the lawsuit made her acrophobic astir however to empower her students portion besides keeping them safe.

The caput teacher astatine the autarkic schoolhouse wrote her comments successful a blog station aft Carrick's crimes became nationalist cognition earlier this week.

She called the lawsuit "horrific" and said that she was "breathless with anger" astir "the utter failing of the Met Police to support girls and women".

Her remarks travel arsenic the caput of the Met Police, Sir Mark Rowley published a plan to betterment the force implicit the adjacent 2 years, aft a bid of scandals involving rogue officers, including Carrick.

Sir Mark said helium was "determined to triumph backmost Londoners' trust" and was asking the nationalist to comment connected the plans implicit the adjacent 3 months. The Met said among the priorities of the program was to tackle unit against women and girls and place misconduct successful its ranks.

In her blog post, Ms Kennedy besides reflected connected Andrew Tate's caller arrest - the societal media influencer is being investigated implicit allegations of intersexual battle and exploitation, which helium denies.

Ms Kennedy said that some cases made her consciousness "tired", "angry" and "somewhat defeated".

Ms Kennedy told BBC London that the choler she expressed successful her station was truly "the choler of my students, and I'm the transmission done which that is expressed".

She said she thought it was "important for women to explicit choler erstwhile they consciousness it" arsenic they were often told it was an "inappropriate" oregon "shameful" emotion.

Ms Kennedy said she felt it was her spot to connection the proposal she gave successful her blog "as agelong arsenic parents are successful the loop".

She clarified that she was "not suggesting for a infinitesimal that girls don't spot the constabulary arsenic an full establishment" and she was not discouraging girls from uncovering a constabulary serviceman if they were successful trouble.

But she defended her informing to pupils that they should beryllium wary, saying "the constabulary person done a bully capable occupation connected their ain of processing distrust from the public".

Ms Kennedy called for the Met Police to "address their taste issues and marque definite that we consciousness that they are taking owed diligence to support our susceptible people".

In effect to the caput teacher's remarks, the Met referred the BBC to a connection by Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley issued soon aft Carrick pleaded guilty. Sir Mark, whose connection preceded the comments made astir his betterment plans, admitted that the unit had "let women and girls down and so we've fto Londoners down".

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