How can the Met have missed it? One of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders walked through the doors of a police station every day. During his career as a police officer David Carrick attacked at least 12 women. It is not as if he kept all of this secret either. He was only suspended from duty after a second rape complaint was made, leading to his arrest. His colleagues are, remember, people trained explicitly to catch criminals. Yet one of the country’s most dangerous men passed unnoticed, every day, right under their noses.
Is Carrick the best undercover criminal in the world? Does he have a stomach of iron? If so he’s not alone. In 2021 Wayne Couzens murdered Sarah Everard while serving as a police officer.
