Rapist ex-Met officer given another life sentence
David Carrick, a convicted rapist and former Met Police constable, has been given an additional life term.
On Wednesday, the 50-year-old was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s, when he was 14, and of raping a former partner decades later. He was already serving 36 life sentences with a minimum term of 32 years, after admitting to 71 charges of sexual offences committed over a 17-year period.
In a victim impact statement, the woman who was abused as a child told the court that the trauma had "followed me into adulthood."
Carrick was found guilty of five counts of indecent assault against her between April 1989 and August 1990. He was also found guilty of two counts of rape against another woman—once in 2019 and twice between December 2014 and April 2016—as well as additional charges of sexual harassment and coercive and controlling behaviour.
Prosecutor Tom Little KC noted that Carrick had to be treated as a juvenile for the charges involving the child. He stated that the sentencing options were "limited," as Carrick's earliest parole date was already set for 2054, when he would be 80 years old.
Mrs Justice McGowan acknowledged this, stating: "The sentence I impose today will have no practical effect."
She added that Carrick had demonstrated a "lack of remorse" and had "cynically" forced witnesses to attend court by denying the charges.
"You started acting as a sexual predator when you were a child," she told him, adding that he had "bullied and manipulated" his former partner throughout their relationship.
Barrister Gareth Munday, who represented the prosecution, read a statement from the woman who was abused as a child.
"I don't believe David has any regrets," the statement read. "I don't think I'll ever be able to trust anyone completely. The consequences of these offences are not something I can simply get over."
The new charges came to light after Carrick pleaded guilty to other sexual offences in 2022 and 2023. However, Carrick denied these specific allegations, calling the now-adult woman a liar and insisting that sex with his ex-partner was consensual.
During the trial, jurors learned how Carrick assaulted the teenage girl for about 18 months before she told her mother.
"These were the first instances to reveal your ability to perpetrate predatory sexual offences when you were a teenager," the judge said of this abuse.
Carrick, who was previously eligible for parole in 2054, must now wait until 2055.
