David Carrick

Carrick, 48, admitted 85 serious offences during 17-year campaign of terror and attacks against women.

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In the wake of the shocking crimes committed by David Carrick and acknowledged failures within the Metropolitan Police, the Home Secretary confirmed that Lady ...

The NPCC is asking all forces to conduct a data-washing exercise of their staff against the Police National Database to check for sexual violence and domestic abuse markers on case files. Alongside the Angiolini Inquiry, the government has commissioned His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services to conduct a rapid review of all forces’ response to the inspectorate’s recent report into vetting and counter-corruption. The crimes of David Carrick are a scar on our police, and it is only right that he now faces at least 30 years behind bars.

A detective tells BBC News how the former police officer and serial rapist was finally stopped.

"We were worried that it wasn't going to at one point because he entered not guilty pleas in the face of that overpowering evidence. "You have accounts from the victims, possible witnesses and, with some of the women, they had phone messages from Carrick." "The women were obviously extremely distressed but they were just keen to know that they would be trusted and supported. "Initially he was very charming, which is why they engaged with him in the first place. The woman described how, at their first meeting the year before, he had plied her with drink and attacked her in a hotel bedroom. "He wanted to control how the interview went.

The disgraced 48-year-old Pc, who was described as a “monster” and “evil” by some of his dozen victims, carried out a “catalogue of violent and brutal” sex ...

You have before you the prospect of a difficult time in custody for many years.” Carrick sat in the dock with his eyes closed and head bowed during the hearing in a packed courtroom, including some of his victims, and showed no emotion as he was sentenced. In a televised sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, Carrick was handed 36 life sentences, with a minimum term of 32 years – minus his time spent on remand – after becoming one of the country’s worst ever sex offenders.

Carrick previously admitted 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape.

You have before you the prospect of a difficult time in custody for many years.” Carrick sat in the dock with his eyes closed and head bowed during the hearing in a packed courtroom, including some of his victims, and showed no emotion as he was sentenced. In a televised sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, Carrick was handed 36 life sentences, with a minimum term of 32 years – minus his time spent on remand – after becoming one of the country’s worst ever sex offenders.

The 48-year-old committed violent and degrading sexual offences against a dozen women over two decades. His victims, one of whom had a gun held to her head ...

"He exploited his position as a police officer in the most disgusting way. The force's Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, "As a serving police officer he has brought shame on the profession and was not fit to wear the uniform, but I hope that our determination to get justice for the victims in this case, will go some way to reassuring the public that nobody is above the law and we will bring people like David Carrick to justice." "It now is rightly for the police to address the failings in the case and restore public confidence and that's something that the Met Commissioner, we know, is very much seeking to do." "Behind a public appearance of propriety and trustworthiness you took monstrous advantage of women," the judge said. Ms Nazeer said the victims' "courage and bravery should be commended and that will send a message to other women in that situation that justice can be achieved". Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said: "These 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 his duty. Another woman said Carrick hit her with a whip and would shut her in a small cupboard as punishment while "whistling at her as if she was a dog". "The malign influence of men like you in positions of power stands in the way of a revolution of women's dignity." Southwark Crown Court heard he would "use his power and control" to stop victims reporting him, with one stating it was "drilled into" her that he was a police officer. His victims, one of whom had a gun held to her head while being raped and another who was hit with a whip, spoke of how they had "encountered evil". Carrick was told he had taken "monstrous advantage of women" as he was sentenced to 36 life terms.

Former Met Police officer David Carrick has been given 36 life sentences after admitting 49 charges against 12 women over a 17 year period.

“For nearly two decades, you were proved right but now a combination of those 12 women, by coming forward, and your police colleagues, by acting on their evidence, have exposed you and brought you low. “You brazenly raped and sexually assaulted a number of women, some very brutally, and you behaved as if you were untouchable. “Behind a public appearance of propriety and trustworthiness you took monstrous advantage of women.