A man who leveraged his position in the police force to assault women for almost two decades is sentenced to a minimum of 30 years behind bars.
A former London police officer has been sentenced to at least 30 years in jail for a "catalogue of violence and brutal sexual offending" in a decades-long campaign of abuse against women.
The 48-year-old used his position of power to intimidate many of his victims, saying no one would believe their word against that of a serving officer, prosecutors said. Carrick had previously come to police attention over nine incidents including accusations of harassment, assault and rape between 2000 – the year before he began training with the Met – and October 2021, when he was first charged.Prosecutor Tom Little told the court on Monday that some of the 49 charges covered multiple incidents and that Carrick admitted "no less than 71 instances of serious sexual offending", including 48 rapes.
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