David Carrick’s mother says rapist exaggerated his difficult childhood to try to reduce his sentence

Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick is among the country’s worst ever sex offenders

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The mother of the rapist Metropolitan police officer David Carrick said she thinks he exaggerated his difficult childhood to try “to get his sentence reduced”.

The 48-year-old was given 36 life sentences at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to 85 serious offences including 48 rapes against 12 women.