David Carrick pleaded guilty to 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape, while serving in Metropolitan force
Protesters from Women Against Rape & Women of Colour in the Global Women's Strike protest outside Southwark Crown Court in London ahead of the sentencing of David Carrick. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PAFormer Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick is facing a life sentence after committing “violent and brutal sexual offences” against 12 women over a 17 year period.
Carrick’s crimes were all carried out while serving with the force – he guarded sites including embassies and the Houses of Parliament, and completed training courses, including one on domestic abuse in 2005.At the first day of his sentencing hearing on Monday, the court was told that he used his “power and control” to stop his victims leaving or reporting him.
Prosecutor Tom Little KC said the “systematic” offending was a “catalogue of violent and brutal sexual offences”. Mr Little said a search of Carrick’s electronic devices revealed searches for pornography including words such as “extreme” and “painful”. Some are multiple-incident counts, meaning they relate to at least 85 separate offences, including at least 71 sexual offences and 48 rapes.
Alisdair Williamson KC, defending, said Carrick “accepts fully responsibility for what he has done” and that it is likely any life sentence will “bring him close to, if not to, the close of his natural life”.
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