Rapist Met Police officer facing life for sex attacks
RAPIST Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick is facing a life sentence after committing a “catalogue of violent and brutal sexual offences” against a dozen women.
The disgraced Pc, 48, relied on his “charm” to “beguile and mislead” his victims, then used his “power and control” to stop them leaving or reporting him, Southwark Crown Court heard yesterday.
Carrick, who joined the Met in 2001 before becoming an armed officer with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command in 2009, will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape.
His crimes were all carried out while serving with the force – he guarded sites including embassies and the Houses of Parliament, and completed training courses, including one on domestic abuse in 2005.
The court heard how he sent one of his victims a photograph of himself with a police-issue gun, saying: “Remember I am the boss.”
He also used his police baton as a threat and handcuffs in an attack over 17 years between 2003 and 2020.
Some women were urinated on, locked naked in a cupboard under the stairs in Carrick’s home, whipped and watched remotely through cameras while he was at work.
Prosecutor Tom Little KC said the “systematic” offending was “catalogue of violent and brutal sexual offences” and it did not matter to Carrick who the victim was.
“The reality was, if he had the opportunity, he would rape them, sexually abuse or assault them and/ or humiliate them,” he added.
The prosecutor said the women were “vulnerable”, with some “appreciably older or younger than” Carrick.
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.
Some are multiple-incident counts, meaning they relate to at least 85 separate offences, including at least 71 sexual offences and 48 rapes.
He denied a further count of rape in September 2020 relating to a 13th woman, whose allegation triggered the investigation, with the Crown Prosecution Service deciding it was not in the public interest to proceed to trial.
Prosecutor Tom Little KC said the case fell short of meriting a whole-life sentence – because he had not killed anyone and pleaded guilty – but called for a life sentence with a fixed minimum term.
The Met was forced to apologise and admit Carrick should have been rooted out earlier after it emerged he came to police attention over nine incidents – including allegations of rape, domestic violence and harassment – between 2000 and 2021, with all but one of the incidents relating to his behaviour towards women.
Carrick faced no criminal sanctions or misconduct findings.
He was finally sacked from the force last month after pleading guilty and being unmasked as one of the country’s most prolific sex offenders.