David Carrick was jailed for committing a “series of violent and savage sexual offenses” against 12 women over the course of nearly two decades. Met Police fired him after he pleaded guilty to 49 offenses, including 24 instances of rape.
An “evil” police officer who was shown to be one of the most serial sex offenders in Britain has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison after receiving 36 life sentences.
David Carrick, 48, was labeled a “monster” for committing a “record of violent and savage sexual offenses” against 12 women over the course of over a decade.
Carrick remained mute and indifferent while the punishment is pronounced.
Mrs. Justice Cheema-Grubb stated that she was certain that life sentences were necessary in this case.
Despite the “most heinous” nature of the offense, she concurred with the prosecution that the case does not warrant a life sentence.
A life sentence would have prevented him from ever becoming eligible for parole. Carrick cannot ask for parole until he has served at least 30 years of his sentence.
In court, victims recalled being raped, controlled, and insulted by Carrick, whom they believed was too “strong” to be held accountable for his actions.
The suicide attempt by Carrick was a “selfish reaction to legal procedures.”
During sentencing, Mrs. Justice Cheema-Grubb stated that Carrick was transferred to a hospital following a “committed attempt” to commit suicide.
The judge called Carrick’s suicide attempt a “self-pitying reaction” to his “shame” from the judicial proceedings.
The Metropolitan Police officer pleaded guilty to 49 crimes, including 24 rapes, for 85 violations.
During his sentencing at Southwark Crown Court, Mrs. Justice Cheema-Grubb stated, “These convictions constitute a remarkable fall from grace for a man charged with enforcing the law and authorized to do so to the degree of being permitted to carry a pistol in the performance of his duty.
Behind a front of decorum and trustworthiness, you used women who were pulled into close relationships with you.
You sexually abused and raped numerous women, some of whom you hardly knew, with impunity. And you acted as if you were invulnerable. You were courageous and ruthless at times, believing that no victim would overcome her shame and terror to report you.”
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The judge then described a Metropolitan Police officer who was raped by Carrick but did not report it.
She stated, “The police officer you raped in 2004 was trained to deal with complainants with sensitivity. But she did not report you until 2021.” And she did not want to go through the trouble of reporting an anal rape due to her feelings of humiliation.
She didn’t dare to identify this viewpoint as hypocritical, so she encouraged herself to toughen up and move on.
In addition, the judge stated that Carrick poses a “high danger of serious sexual damage” to the general public.
She said, “I’m confident you pose a major threat to ladies who might be persuaded to be alone with you.”
Carrick was victimized by his stepfather.
The judge also revealed that Carrick had disclosed his “childhood trauma” to a probation officer.
Carrick testified that his stepfather molested him and that his parents drank excessively.
“You misused alcohol as an adult,” the judge told Carrick.
She stated that Carrick wreaked “irreparable havoc” on the lives of the women he raped and abused.
“Every individual is traumatized,” she added.
One of Carrick’s victims, according to the judge, recounted “encountering evil.”
She said that denial, hate, and betrayal were common emotions felt by victims.
The judge addressed the court, “You have shaped their lives.”
Some have mental health issues. They lack confidence in the cops.
You have not expressed sorrow or remorse for your actions.
The former Metropolitan Police Department officer stared at the dock floor during the judge’s speech.
Detective Inspector Iain Moor, a senior officer with Hertfordshire Police, the unit that investigated Carrick, stated outside of court that he is “very relieved” that a “severe and prolific sex offender will now be behind bars for a very long period.”
Mr. Moor lauded the courage of victims “who were willing to repeat their ordeals in court”
He said the police created a “specific reporting channel” for Carrick information.
“If anyone else believes they are a victim, we still want to hear from you and will help you,” he continued.
As an active police officer, he brought disgrace to the profession and was unfit to wear the uniform.
The police were compelled to apologize for Carrick’s crimes.
His case is the latest Metropolitan Police controversy, following the murder of Sarah Everard by officer Wayne Couzens.
The force was compelled to apologize and concede that Carrick should have been apprehended sooner after it was revealed that he had been the subject of nine police investigations before his prosecution. Between 2000 and 2021, they included charges of rape, domestic violence, and harassment.
All of Carrick’s admitted crimes occurred while he was employed by the Metropolitan Police Department.
He joined the service in 2001 and became an armed officer with the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command in 2009, guarding the Houses of Parliament and embassy facilities, earning the nickname “B*d Dave” among his coworkers.
Following his guilty pleas, Carrick, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, was fired by the Metropolitan Police.
The victims were beaten and urinated by the officer.
During a two-day sentence hearing, the court heard that Carrick held a gun to the head of a lady before repeatedly raping her and that he threatened to use his police baton on another victim.
Some women were urinated on, lashed, and monitored by security cameras while Carrick was at work.
He also texted a victim a photograph of himself holding a gun issued by his employer with the message, “Remember I am the boss.”
Tom Little KC, the prosecutor, stated, “In actuality, it did not matter who the victim was. He would rape, sexually abuse, assault, and humiliate them.”
Darciane Nunes Da Silva, raped and sexually assaulted by Carrick, waived her right to confidentiality, the court heard.
In a series of victim impact statements given by the prosecutor, women described the anguish they had through as a result of Carrick’s actions, including some who were left suicidal, and how their trust in the police had been affected by the case.
Carrick said to the victim, “I am the law.”
One woman stated, “I no longer have faith in the police. If something went wrong, I’m unsure if I would contact the police because I’d be concerned that they would send a male cop like him.
Very anxious at the notion of being alone with a male cop.
Another victim stated that she was “too afraid” to report Carrick’s offenses after he told her that “he was the police, the law, and he owned me.”
Carrick’s raped victim said she “encountered evil.”
“I truly believed he was going to kill me that night,” she continued.
Carrick’s “charm” and “power and control” kept his victims from fleeing or reporting him, the court heard.
He cannot petition for mercy.
One victim described the police officer as “acting like a monster” and claimed he referred to her as “his slave” and demanded she removes her clothes while cleaning his home.
The court heard that Carrick promised another victim he would pay her £1,000 per month to be his “slut.”
One woman who was repeatedly raped by Carrick told a friend that if she reported the assaults, “nobody would believe her” since he “was a police officer and very powerful.”
Alisdair Williamson KC, representing Carrick, stated that he “accepts full responsibility for his actions.”
He observed that one victim had noted that “something had badly harmed this man,” stating that Carrick was “proof” that “the abused” might turn into “the abuser.”
“He cannot and does not beg for pity,” the attorney stated.
