Rapist Met Police officer David Carrick already in jail for intercourse crimes is jailed for all times

Ex-police officer David Carrick has been convicted of sexually abusing a 12 year old girl and raping an ex-partner in a series of “horrific” crimes spanning 35 years. He has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years at the Old Bailey after being found guilty of molesting a 12-year-old girl and raping a former partner.

The 50 year old, who previously served as an armed officer in the Metropolitan Police, committed sexual assault against the child in the late 1980s.

Over two decades later, he repeatedly raped a woman and subjected her to “degrading and humiliating” abuse during a toxic relationship. These offences were revealed after Carrick, nicknamed “Bastard Dave”, pleaded guilty in 2022 and 2023 to 71 sexual offences, including 48 rapes, against 12 women over a period of 17 years.

Despite being sentenced to 36 life sentences in 2023 with a minimum term of 32 years, Carrick denied the new allegations but chose not to testify in his Old Bailey trial. After five hours of deliberation, a jury found him guilty of two counts of rape, one count of sexual assault, and coercive and controlling behaviour towards the woman between 2014 and 2019.

The defendant, formerly of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, was also found guilty of five counts of indecent assault relating to the girl in the late 1980s. As the verdicts were read out, Carrick, dressed in a suit and tie, repeatedly shook his head in the dock and appeared to sigh upon hearing his conviction for rape.

Following the verdict, Hertfordshire Police commended the victims’ courage and encouraged any additional victims of the sexual offender to come forward.

During the trial, the jury heard how Carrick had abused a young girl for approximately 18 months before she confided in her mother about the abuse. He admitted to his actions in a letter found in his medical records, signed “Dave”.

In the letter, Carrick confirmed that the girl was “not crazy” and that the allegations were “true”, but claimed he had ceased the abuse around four months prior. He wrote: “I know how (the girl) must feel. That’s why I stopped and promised I would never go near her again and I have kept that promise and I always will.”

The victim, now an adult, described a young Carrick as “very sly” and “manipulative” during a police interview.

After revealing the abuse to her mother, she felt the issue was dismissed and treated as insignificant. While testifying in court, she told the jury: “When I heard he was a Metropolitan Police officer, the words I have always used were: ‘God help anyone with him with a warrant card’.”

Carrick’s second victim met him through a dating website and knew from the outset that he was a police officer.

She described him as “charming, witty, sarcastic” and like “everyone’s best friend”. However, during their relationship, he became controlling and raped her multiple times.

She shared with the jury that she had been left traumatised by Carrick, who had “ruined” her life and negatively impacted her views on sex and relationships.

During questioning at Full Sutton prison in Yorkshire, Carrick maintained that sexual contact with the woman was consensual and alleged she was driven by the MeToo movement.

Despite his written admission, he rejected the historical child abuse charges, branding the girl a liar.

Prosecutor Tom Little KC told the jury that Carrick must have felt “untouchable” during his two-decade police career until everything came “crashing around his ears” in 2022.

He described how Carrick had portrayed himself as “Mr Nice Guy” but his refusal to speak in the dock was “deafening”.

After the verdicts were delivered, senior Crown prosecutor Shilpa Shah said compelling testimony from both victims and a written confession created a “very strong case”.

The evidence revealed Carrick was a child abuser from an early age and that his sexual offending “escalated” in adulthood over decades.

She said: “I would describe David Carrick as a manipulative, controlling and abusive man who created a facade for the rest of the world so that no-one would realise what he was doing behind closed doors.

“He was aggressive, abusive, violent, and yet he appeared to be charming and charismatic. He didn’t count on his victims coming forward and exposing him as they have and I’d like to thank them for doing so.”

She added: “This is one of the most horrific, harrowing cases that I’ve had to deal with. Having to listen to the accounts of the victims, of the degrading and humiliating abuse that they had to suffer, was really quite difficult to do.

“It has been very shocking and that’s why I’d like to thank the victims for coming forward and having the courage to describe what they had to go through so that we were able to secure the convictions that we have today.”

Detective Superintendent Iain Moor, of Hertfordshire Constabulary, suggested that the future could have taken a different turn if Carrick’s confession had been given to the police in 1990.

Upon hearing the guilty verdicts, he expressed: “I’m pleased that we’ve been able to get justice for the victims.

“This was all about them and ensuring that they had a voice and that they were able to tell their story and be believed. Hopefully it will help them with their recovery.”

Mr Moor acknowledged that the Carrick case and the murder of Sarah Everard by another serving Met officer Wayne Couzens had inflicted significant damage on the force.

“Hopefully, people are starting to feel more confident to come forward and report matters to the police. I think there’s still more work to do,” the senior officer stated.

Mr Moor encouraged any other victims of Carrick’s abuse to step forward.