David Carrick: Sentence is right, says officer raped by disgraced PC

A serving Metropolitan Police serviceman who was a unfortunate of serial rapist David Carrick has written to the Attorney General saying she does not judge his jailhouse condemnation needs to beryllium increased.

Carrick, a Met serviceman for 20 years, volition service astatine slightest 30 years.

The Attorney General's Office is reviewing the condemnation aft complaints it is excessively lenient.

The officer, known arsenic "Michelle", says the jailhouse word "sits right" compared with different cases.

"I deliberation it would beryllium unfair to summation it," said Michelle, who, arsenic a rape victim, cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons.

"Even the prosecution said there's nary mode a full beingness bid should beryllium served.

"Given his age, I deliberation the 30 years sits right, because, helium can't adjacent inquire for parole until he's astir 80 years old."

Last week the Attorney General's Office (AGO) said it had received "multiple requests" to reappraisal Carrick's condemnation nether the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

These requests tin travel from victims, their families, and members of the public. The AGO has until adjacent period to determine whether the condemnation should beryllium examined by the Court of Appeal.

Michelle was raped by Carrick aft becoming affable with him portion connected secondment distant from her regular basal successful 2004.

She says the onslaught affected the full of the remainder of her life, making her wary of forming adjacent relationships with men.

"I didn't person the household beingness that I wanted," she told BBC News.

During her vocation Michelle has worked arsenic a constabulary serviceman wrong jails and portion she agrees Carrick needs to wage for his crimes, she besides knows that arsenic an ex-police officer, helium volition look a peculiarly pugnacious clip successful jail.

"He does request that dim airy astatine the extremity of a precise agelong passageway to negociate his intelligence health," she said.

"He is going to person it harder than different prisoners."

Michelle was among the women Carrick attacked who were successful tribunal to spot him sentenced past week and says the condemnation passed by Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb was not "by immoderate means lenient".

Carrick pleaded blameworthy to 85 offences against 12 women spanning 17 years.

With clip already spent successful custody, Carrick was told by the justice helium indispensable service 30 years successful situation earlier helium could beryllium considered for release.

"I deliberation astatine 80 years old, having served that magnitude of time, helium shouldn't airs a hazard to the nationalist erstwhile helium comes out... if helium comes out," said Michelle.