David Carrick has been handed 36 life sentences with a minimum 30 years served pleading guilty to 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape. The former Metropolitan Police officer used his “power and control” to carry out the sex attacks on “vulnerable” women and stop them from reporting him. The court previously heard that two of the victims were kept in a small cupboard under the stairs in Carrick’s home while others were urinated on or attacked with a belt.
Tom Little, prosecuting detailed Carrick’s crimes to the court, saying it didn’t matter to Carrick who they were.
He told the court: “The reality was, if he had the opportunity, he would rape them, sexually abuse or assault them and/or humiliate them.”
A catalogue of allegations was made against Carrick both before and during his time at the force, but he faced no criminal sanctions or misconduct until he was arrested in October 2021.
The court heard that several victims were scared to come forward because of his position in the force with one thinking “nobody would believe her”.
Carrick joined the Met in 2001 before becoming an armed officer with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command in 2009.
The charges include 24 counts of rape, nine counts of sexual assault, five counts of assault by penetration, three counts of coercive and controlling behaviour, three counts of false imprisonment, two counts of attempted rape, one count of attempted sexual assault by penetration, one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent and one count of indecent assault.
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Following his admission, the Met was forced to apologise and admit he “should not have been a police officer”.
Apologising to his victims, the Met said it was reviewing previous allegations of sexual offences and domestic violence against around 1,000 officers and staff.
