Serial rapist in Metropolitan Police admits to numerous offences spanning over two decades

David Carrick first joined the Metropolitan Police Force in 2001 at age 26. Within the first year, Carrick had already been investigated by his own colleagues within the Met in relation to the assault and harassment of an ex-partner.

From here Carrick’s behaviour worsened and his crimes only increased in severity as, between 2002 – 2021, he was brought to the attention of not only the Metropolitan Police, but three other police forces as well.

Multiple reports were made against him during this period regarding assault, harassment and domestic abuse however none led to criminal charges.

This all changed when one brave woman decided to report Carrick in October 2021 for an incident that had taken place one year prior. She told Police that she had met Carrick on the dating app Tinder.

They had met up and Carrick took her to his hotel room where he then raped her. As a result, Carrick was arrested and charged for this offence.

All it took was Carrick’s name becoming public after his first court appearance to give other victims the confidence to come forward. Soon after, 12 victims had told their story and ensured Carrick would be rightfully sentenced for his crimes.

Currently Carrick has admitted to 49 charges relating to 12 victims, however Detective Chief Inspector Iain Moor, who led the investigation, expects even more victims to come forward.

In fact, Hertfordshire Constabulary has setup a dedicated section on its website, allowing people to report directly online without going through a police control room or the general online reporting system.

Carrick admitted to most of his offences in December 2022 and he was due in court in February 2023 to be put on trial for the remainder of these. However, he has now admitted to these charges as well. The full list of the charges against Carrick are as follows:

• 24 counts of rape
• nine counts of sexual assault
• five counts of assault by penetration
• three counts of coercive and controlling behaviour
• three counts of false imprisonment
• two counts of attempted rape
• one count of attempted sexual assault by penetration
• one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
• one count of indecent assault

Harriet Wistrich, director of campaign group the Centre for Women’s Justice, said: “We have known for some time that there has been a culture of impunity for such offending by police officers.

“Recent reports show a woefully deficient vetting and misconduct system and a largely unchallenged culture of misogyny in some sections of the Met.

“That Carrick could have not only become a police officer but remain a serving officer for so long whilst he perpetrated these horrific crimes against women, is terrifying.”

With the Met recently coming under fire due to the murder of Sarah Everard by one of their officers, they had publicly committed to protecting women, launching an ‘action plan’.

Since the full extent of Carrick’s offences were revealed however, the Met has admitted its professional standards department did not check the full record of another officer accused of rape.

Despite this, the IOPC (Independent Office for Police Conduct) have stated that no opportunities to stop Carrick have been identified so far.

Mrs Justice Cheema Grubb is due to sentence Carrick over two days on February 6th and 7th. I am sure many will be awaiting the verdict to see justice be served.

Further reading

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