David Carrick: Serial rapist Met Police officer jailed for life

Serial rapist David Carrick, who utilized his relation arsenic a Metropolitan Police serviceman to enactment fearfulness into his victims, has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years.

Carrick, 48, committed "violent and brutal intersexual offences" against a twelve women implicit 2 decades.

Southwark Crown Court heard helium utilized his relation to intimidate women, sending 1 of his victims a representation of his weapon saying "I americium the boss".

He was sentenced to 36 beingness terms.

Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, who acceptable a minimum word of 30 years and 239 days successful situation earlier Carrick tin beryllium considered for parole, said helium showed an "astonishing grade of motivation corruption".

"You behaved arsenic if you were untouchable," she said.

Carrick's crimes see dozens of rape and intersexual offences spanning 2003 to 2020, mostly committed successful Hertfordshire, wherever helium lived, and each took spot portion helium was a serving constabulary officer.

He admitted 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape.

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