A detective who was raped by the former Scotland Yard officer David Carrick has called for the head of the Metropolitan police to resign, saying the handling of her case was “like being raped all over again”.

Linda Williams, 60, who has waived her right to anonymity, was attacked by Carrick in 2004. She launched a legal case against the Met for failing to protect her against the serial rapist, and has now settled for an undisclosed six-figure sum without the force admitting liability.

Carrick, 51, who previously served as an armed officer in the Met, is one of the country’s worst sex offenders and is serving 37 life sentences after attacking more than a dozen women.

David Carrick.…