Met Police officer David Carrick has been jailed for life for brutally raping, controlling and humiliating a dozen vulnerable women over the course of two decades.
Serial rapist Met Police officer David Carrick has been jailed for life for brutally raping, controlling and humiliating a dozen vulnerable women over two decades.
Carrick, who joined the Met in 2001 before becoming an armed officer with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command in 2009, pleaded guilty to 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape. ‘You were bold, and at times relentless, trusting that no victim would overcome her shame and fear to report you.
‘The reality was, if he had the opportunity, he would rape them, sexually abuse or assault them and/or humiliate them,’ he added of the victims. One of his victims described trying to ‘wriggle away’ from Carrick after he pinned her down and said: ‘You think you are a black belt, see if you can get me off you now.’The cupboard beneath the stairs where Carrick locked some of his victims Protesters hold placards against the police outside Southwark Crown Court
Another victim, who Carrick met on a night out with other officers, described his ‘heavy drinking’ and said he would down two bottles of wine at home following a night shift before returning to work. ‘I honestly thought he was going to kill me that night, I thought he was going to rape me and kill me and that my life would be over.’
‘I was convinced the police would not believe me and would not investigate my complaint. I was terrified of making myself a target, so I remained silent.’ – 2002: Carrick is the subject of the first of five public complaints made between 2002 and 2008. Two allegations that he had been rude were dealt with by management action locally, while three relating to incivility and use of force were withdrawn or dismissed.– 2004: Carrick is involved in a domestic incident but no criminal allegations are made to the Met, he is not arrested and the matter is not referred to the Directorate of Professional Standards.
– August 2009: He sexually assaults a 47-year-old woman after sharing a hotel room following a social event. – 2017: Carrick is spoken to by Thames Valley Police officers after he is thrown out of a Reading nightclub for being drunk. He is not arrested and the matter is not referred to the Met. – 2019: Hertfordshire Police receive a third party report of assault and criminal damage involving an argument between Carrick and a woman during a domestic incident. He is said to have grabbed her by the neck.
– July 2021: The woman reports being raped by Carrick. He is arrested by Hertfordshire Police over the allegation but no further action is taken after she withdraws the complaint.
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