Armed and very dangerous... gun snap rapist sent to total stranger

RAPIST policeman David Carrick sent a total stranger pictures of himself in uniform posing with a gun.

A woman has come forward to reveal she had a ‘bizarre’ wrong number interaction with Carrick, who was this week exposed as one of Britain’s worst rapists. The woman, who has asked for her identity to remain anonymous, says the criminal constable messaged her in 2011.

She claims the text was addressed to another woman so she responded to suggest he had the wrong number.

And she alleges that Carrick, 48, breezed past the mix-up and introduced himself before sending photos.

Two, which the woman has retained, show the disgraced Scotland Yard diplomatic protection officer posing in uniform with his Heckler & Koch sub-machine gun.

The woman said she had lost the text messages but, upon hearing about his conviction, decided to speak out. ‘I remember receiving this text from a random number addressed to another woman,’ she said. ‘Obviously whoever it was had the wrong number, so I texted them back saying my name.

‘ Then, they introduced themselves as David Carrick, a police officer from Stevenage. He followed this up with two photos of him posing in his uniform holding a gun and asked me if he was my type – it was quite bizarre.

‘When I saw his face on the news, I instantly recognised him from the photos he sent all those years ago. I had saved them in my emails because he was a bit nasty to me and I was worried about any repercussions coming from the conversation. Seeing what’s come out about him now is frightening.’

The woman claims Carrick sent a follow-up text asking again ‘Am I your type?’ after sending the snaps.

The woman claims she replied to say she was from Scotland, to which he replied: ‘Oh I don’t like Scottish people.’ The two never spoke again. Carrick was this week dismissed by Scotland Yard bosses following a misconduct hearing.

The scale of his depravity was revealed on Monday after he admitted the last of the charges against him.

Carrick, who used his role to instil fear, admitted dozens of rape and sexual offences against 12 women.

He pleaded guilty to 49 crimes across two decades and will be sentenced early next month.