Former Met Officer Denies Fresh Sex Crime Allegations
David Carrick, a former Metropolitan Police officer already convicted of dozens of sexual offences, has claimed that a woman invented allegations against him due to the influence of the Me Too movement. The 50-year-old, now a convicted sex offender, is standing trial at the Old Bailey facing new charges that include molesting a girl in the late 1980s and raping a woman during a toxic relationship more than two decades later.
A History of Serious Sexual Violence
Jurors were reminded that these fresh allegations emerged after Carrick had already pleaded guilty in 2022 and 2023 to a staggering 71 instances of sexual violence against 12 different women over a 17-year period. His previous convictions include 48 rapes as well as attempted rapes, indecent assault, assaults by penetration, and sexual assaults. He had also admitted to three counts of controlling and coercive behaviour against women.
According to agreed facts presented to the court, police visited Carrick at Full Sutton prison in Yorkshire in November 2023 to interview him about the new allegations. Carrick denied the woman's claims, insisting their sexual relationship was consensual. He also denied assaulting her and instead accused Hertfordshire Police of failing to investigate when she allegedly assaulted him and caused criminal damage to his home, which marked the end of their relationship.
Carrick's Defence and Prosecution Rebuttal
When questioned by police, Carrick's responses were defiant. Asked why Hertfordshire Police considered him a suspect, he stated: "It's a corrupt police force making their own stories up. Anti-Met rhetoric." Regarding the allegation of controlling behaviour, he responded: "Oh f****** hell it's the same story over and over again, isn't it?" He then directly attributed the woman's motivation to the Me Too movement, saying she made up the allegation "because of the Me Too movement."
Carrick insisted the woman was always in charge during their sexual encounters and claimed he would have stopped immediately if she had said no. Concerning the separate allegation that he sexually abused a 12-year-old girl, Carrick told police it had been investigated by Wiltshire Constabulary at the time and that a record existed. However, prosecutor Tom Little KC informed the jury that checks with Wiltshire Police revealed no records of any investigation into allegations by the girl in 1989 or 1990.
Carrick, who worked for the Metropolitan Police from 2001 until his dismissal, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of rape, one of sexual assault, and coercive and controlling behaviour towards the woman between 2014 and 2019. He has also denied five counts of sexual assault relating to the girl in the late 1980s. The trial at the Old Bailey has been adjourned until Monday, November 17.
