A TWISTED Met Police officer has at present been revealed as one of many UK’s worst serial rapists after torturing 12 ladies.
David Carrick abused his victims in a 17-year reign of terror by controlling what they ate and who they spoke to.
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The sick 48-year-old additionally locked ladies bare in a cabinet underneath the steps for ten hours at a time and branded them his “slaves”.
His sadistic crimes could be revealed for the primary time at present after Carrick pleaded responsible to 49 fees – together with 24 counts of rape.
It additionally emerged the monster got here to police consideration 9 occasions earlier than his arrest following rape and home violence allegations.
The Met have apologised for not taking an earlier alternative to seize the fiend, who labored for the pressure’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Safety Command unit.
Carrick’s twisted offending lastly got here to an finish when a courageous sufferer got here ahead after one other police rapist was jailed.
The gun cop, who branded himself “B*****d Dave”, met a few of his victims on relationship apps similar to Tinder and Badoo.
He would flash his warrant card to lure the ladies right into a false sense of safety and instructed them: “I’m a police officer, you possibly can belief me”.
Evil Carrick would seem charming at first earlier than spending time “growing relationships to maintain his urge for food for degradation and management”.
He compelled ladies to wash his residence bare, carried out degrading acts towards them, minimize them off from household together with their kids and whipped them with belts.
One sufferer was compelled right into a tiny cabinet smaller than a canine crate, whereas others have been compelled to carry out intercourse acts till they “fought for breath”.
Carrick additionally managed how a lot they ate and after they slept, telling them: “You’re solely allowed to eat this a lot of an apple at present”.
The monster would abuse his place within the police to terrify his victims into silence.
The ladies ranged from a college pal to a earlier abuse sufferer, with some abused on the residence in Stevenage he shared along with his pet snake.
One other sufferer was raped after she awakened bare and lined in a sick in a Premier Inn following drinks with Carrick in St Albans.
She instructed how she felt drunk in a short time and claimed her legs stopped working.
The girl stated she wished to depart however felt so unwell she might go away by herself.
However his evil crimes unravelled when she bravely got here ahead after seeing one other case of a rapist police officer.
When officers swooped on his residence, Carrick instructed them “not once more” earlier than giving a “no remark” interview.
Police now say extra ladies might come ahead after being focused by the fiend.
Det Chief Inspector Iain Moor, of Herts Police, stated: “The sheer variety of offences Carrick has been charged with demonstrates his prolific and callous nature.
“While he was not a person that stalked the streets scouting for victims, he invested time in growing relationships with ladies to maintain his urge for food for degradation and management.
“The coercive nature of his offending undermined his victims in essentially the most damaging manner.
“He thrived on humiliating his victims and cleverly used his skilled place to intimate there was no level in them making an attempt to hunt assist as a result of they’d by no means be believed.
“It’s unbelievable to suppose these offences might have been dedicated by a serving police officer.”
Carrick was described as “very persuasive but additionally manipulative” to the purpose of being “cocky”.
He first served within the Navy earlier than turning into a Met Police officer from August 2001.
Eight years later, a home abuse criticism was made towards him however no additional motion was taken.
The ladies who made the allegation is likely one of the 12 victims.
In 2019, Carrick was accused of assault and legal injury however once more, no motion was taken.
The Met has now referred itself to the Unbiased Workplace for Police Conduct (IOPC).
It’s the newest scandal to hit the pressure after a damning report referred to as the Met’s misconduct system “not match for objective”.
Met Assistant Commissioner Barbara Grey stated: “On behalf of the Metropolitan Police, I wish to apologise to the ladies who’ve suffered by the hands of David Carrick.
“I commend their excellent bravery in coming ahead and reporting the horrific crimes they have been victims of.
“Carrick is a prolific, serial intercourse offender who preyed on ladies over a interval of 17 years, abusing his place as a police officer and committing essentially the most horrific, degrading crimes.
“He has devastated ladies’s lives. He has had a devastating influence on the belief and confidence of girls and ladies that we’re working so arduous to earn. He has devastated colleagues.
“He used the very fact he was a police officer to manage and coerce his victims. We all know they felt unable to come back ahead sooner as a result of he instructed them they’d not be believed.
“We should always have noticed his sample of abusive behaviour and since we didn’t, we missed alternatives to take away him from the organisation.
“We’re really sorry that with the ability to proceed to make use of his position as a police officer could have extended the struggling of his victims.”
Carrick pleaded responsible to 49 offences towards 12 ladies together with 24 rapes between 2003 and 2020.
He additionally admitted 9 counts of sexual assault and different fees of coercive and controlling behaviour, tried rape, indecent assault and false imprisonment.
Carrick denied an extra depend of rape in September 2020 referring to a thirteenth girl however the CPS determined it was not within the public curiosity to proceed to trial on that cost.
He shall be sentenced over two days on February 6.
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