Cliff Mitchell: Ex-Met PC jailed for 13 years for multiple counts of rape

11 comments

1. So he abused his power as a police officer to rape 10 people, including 3 children, and he’ll likely be out in less than 10 years?

   That seems unduly lenient, no?

2. So what recruitment “targets” did they want to achieve to allow a man with a non molestation order and an accusation of rape of a child against him into the MET? Just appalling lack of codes in that force.

3. Seems a pretty low sentence for that many counts, although the fact that it’s a life sentence can’t be ignored
   Whole life sentences are legally possible for rape, although the bar for it is very high.

4. Investigated in 2017 nothing happened

   Then reported again and then re investigated for the 2017 offence to then have more charges brought

   So this could of potentially been stopped a lot earlier

5. 13 years and 255 days minimum in prison is actually pretty good given the state of our justice system. Hopefully the other inmates show him some *’love’* after they learn of his crimes.

6. Rape of a child under thirteen is surely so morally repugnant you shouldnt ever be released

7. https://www.college.police.uk/ethics/barred-list/search-the-barred-list/barred-person-931d6de9fbf18c6a9069dbf1bd0423e24938

   He’s been added to the barred list; he will never be a police officer again.

8. The police were really scraping the bottom of the barrel here werent they?

9. This is only in the news because her is met.

   The media never covers when black men rape or murder

10. Police officer *and* child molester?

    He’ll be popular in prison.

11. The time to build new prisons is well overdue. 13 years (even as a minimum term) is nowhere near long enough!