Rapist cop locked up for at least 30 years
A JUDGE has condemned the “malign influence” of men like rapist Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick as she jailed him for at least 30 years.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said the disgraced Pc, 48, acted like he was “untouchable” and used his job to take “monstrous advantage of women” over 17 years.
Carrick, who was described as a “monster” and “evil” by some of his dozen victims, “brazenly raped and sexually assaulted” them between 2003 and 2020, the judge said.
Carrick, one of the country’s worst sex offenders, joined the Met in 2001 before becoming an armed officer with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command in 2009.
He pleaded guilty to 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape, but some are multipleincident counts, meaning they relate to at least 85 separate offences, including at least 71 sexual offences and 48 rapes.
Carrick held a handgun to the head of one of his victims before raping her – and sent another a photograph of himself with a work-issue firearm, saying: “Remember I am the boss.”
In a televised sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court yesterday, Carrick was handed 36 life sentences with a minimum term of 32 years – minus his time spent on remand.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told him his crimes were aggravated by the “use and abuse” of his role and said he “reassured, tricked or intimidated” his victims, “abusing the trust that the public vest in police officers”.
“These women are not weak or ineffectual,” she said. “They were victims of your criminal mindset.
“The malign influence of men like you in positions of power stands in the way of a revolution of women’s dignity.”
The judge told Carrick his convictions represent “a spectacular downfall for a man charged with upholding the law and empowered to do so even to the extent of being authorised to bear a firearm in the execution of your duty”.
“Behind a public appearance of propriety and trustworthiness you took monstrous advantage of women,” she said.
“You brazenly raped and sexually assaulted a number of women, some you barely knew, and you behaved as if you were untouchable.”
Carrick showed no emotion as he was sentenced.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman described Carrick’s crimes, which were carried out while he was a serving Met officer, as a “scar on our police”.
“It is vital we uncover how he was able to wear the uniform for so long,” she said.
Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley described Carrick’s crimes as “unspeakably evil” and admitted: “He should not have been a police officer. We weren’t rigorous enough in our approach and as a result we missed opportunities to identify the warning signs over decades.”
Sir Mark said the Met is “truly sorry”, adding: “We have let down women across London but we are more determined than ever to put it right.”