David Carrick, a former armed officer with the Metropolitan Police, is set to be sentenced at the Old Bailey for a series of fresh convictions, including the sexual assault of a child and the repeated rape of a former partner.
A Pattern of Abuse Unveiled
The court heard how Carrick, now 50, indecently assaulted a 12-year-old girl in the late 1980s, with the abuse continuing for approximately 18 months. The victim only revealed the ordeal to her mother after it had stopped. A written confession, signed "Dave" and recovered from Carrick's medical records, corroborated the allegations, where he admitted the girl was "not crazy" and that it was "true".
More than two decades later, between 2014 and 2019, Carrick entered a relationship with a woman he met on a dating website. Initially charming, he soon became controlling and subjected her to what was described as "degrading and humiliating" abuse, raping her on multiple occasions.
Justice After Decades
These latest offences came to light following Carrick's previous guilty pleas in 2022 and 2023 to a staggering 71 sexual offences, including 48 rapes, against 12 other women over a 17-year period. For those crimes, he was handed 36 life sentences with a minimum term of 32 years.
Carrick denied the fresh allegations and declined to give evidence in his trial at the Old Bailey. On Wednesday, the jury found him guilty of two counts of rape, one of sexual assault, and coercive and controlling behaviour towards the woman. He was also found guilty of five counts of indecent assault relating to the child.
One victim told the court that upon learning Carrick was a police officer, her reaction was, "God help anyone with him with a warrant card". The other victim stated that Carrick had "ruined" her life and permanently tainted her views on sex and relationships.
Official Reactions and Missed Opportunities
Following the verdicts, senior Crown prosecutor Shilpa Shah described Carrick as a "manipulative, controlling and abusive man" who maintained a facade of charm. Detective Superintendent Iain Moor of Hertfordshire Constabulary acknowledged that the future could have been different if Carrick's written confession from 1990 had been handed to police at the time.
Mrs Justice McGowan will deliver the sentence for these fresh convictions at the Old Bailey.
