Couzens and Carrick — Whole Life Orders for Police Officers after R v Couzens [2022] EWCA Crim 1063
Content Warning: Discussion of rape, domestic abuse, murder, and police violence. Introduction In January 2023, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, told the public to expect two to three Met officers to face criminal trials each week, including for ‘violence against women and girls offences’.1 The level of criminality within British police forces is […]