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Sir Mark Rowley's silence is deafening

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Sarnia Sun 09-Aug-26 12:32:46

In March, Sir Mark Rowley said that he could understand why women had little to no trust in the Met Police.
Fast forward 5 months and the case surrounding Simon Levy is a prime example of why a huge amount of women feel that way.
The Met and British Transport Police and the CPS have all admitted failings in their handling of this case. This sex offender was supposedly being monitored by the Police who were aware of his sexual assaults on women, many carried out on public transport. For some reason he was allowed bail and downgraded from being high risk towards women. I wonder who sanctioned that decision? Levy went on from there to seriously rape another woman and then murder 2 more. He has finally been found guilty and is expected to receive a whole life tariff when he is sentenced.
Have the Met Police made any significant progress since the watershed case of Sarah Everard? Based on this recent debacle, it doesn't seem like it and Sir Mark Rowley's silence speaks volumes.

Tuliptree Sun 09-Aug-26 12:39:04

The short answer is no, they haven't made significant - or indeed any -progress since Sarah Everard. With this particular case, it's the failures right across the CJS isn't it? Another depressing thread

MollyNew Mon 10-Aug-26 12:09:43

According to an in depth article in the Guardian about this offender, the CPS failed to provide his full offending history to the Courts on 3 occasions so he was given bail. Appalling incompetence.

Fallingstar Mon 10-Aug-26 12:26:58

Women just can’t feel safe on the streets or in their own homes if serial sex offenders and domestic abusers are left to their own devices. So many mistakes made that have cost women their lives.
Nothing changes.

petra Mon 10-Aug-26 19:23:50

It’s the MET. Same old same old 🤬
As for Mark Rowley, as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike.