Complaint revealed campaign of terror by David Carrick and repeated police inaction likely to further erode public trust
hen the Metropolitan police constable David Carrick was arrested for rape in October 2021 by detectives from the Hertfordshire force, his demeanour during the interview was unusual for a suspect facing a serious criminal accusation.
From that one complaint, Carrick admitted 49 counts covering 85 acts of serious offending, including 48 rapes.From no later than 2003, Carrick waged a campaign of terror against women who fell for his initial charms. Sometimes in London, but mostly in Hertfordshire, he was a prolific predator looking for victims, police say.
DCI Iain Moor, who led the Hertfordshire police investigation, said it was “a common theme” among the victims that they feared complaining to police about attacks by a fellow officer. He used dating sites such as Badoo and Tinder. After his arrest in October 2021, searches of his electronic devices revealed 40 searches for pornography containing “anal sex” and “rough anal sex”, acts he later carried out on his victims.David Carrick: 'One of the most shocking cases involving a serving officer', say prosecutors – video
Moor added: “Over the years there were patterns to his offending … forbidding [the women] to speak with other men or even their own children.” Despite complaints from women of which the Met was aware, and having cleared him to join the force in 2001, the force entrusted him to carry a gun and guard sensitive sites in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command in 2009. The force re-vetted and passed Carrick again in 2017.Unlike other scandals to hit the Met, Carrick’s offending did not fall out of a clear blue sky.
In 2000, a year before he joined the police, Carrick was alleged to have sent malicious communications to a partner who wanted to leave him, and also faced a claim of burglary. The next year, he passed vetting and joined the Met.In 2002, he was accused of assaulting and harassing a former partner, which came during his probation period, when he would have been easier to dismiss. Two sources told the Guardian the assault included a bite to the woman’s shoulder.
In the wake of Carrick’s conviction, Gray said the force was reviewing every past claim of domestic abuse or sexual offence against Met officers and staff, and said the force was looking into about 1,000 of its 45,000 employees.
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