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Dozens of Police Scotland officers have avoided misconduct proceedings by quitting the force in the three years since SNP ministers were urged to change Holyrood laws to stop officers from escaping disciplinary action, LBC has learned.

Carrick, who joined the Met in 2001 before becoming an armed officer in 2009, was sentenced to life in prison in February on 49 charges of sex attacks, including 24 counts of rape.

If a Police Scotland officer resigns or retires, misconduct proceedings against them are scrapped.

Forty-seven police officers in Scotland facing misconduct allegations have resigned or retired since 2019 before their hearings could be concluded, it has been revealed.

SCOTLANDs justice system is back in the dock as it emerged a system for vetting police and stopping officers avoiding investigation introduced four…