Disgraced Metropolitan Police rapist David Carrick has been sentenced to 36 life sentences but will serve a minimum term of 30 years and 239 days in prison for attacking a dozen women over a 17-year period. The 48-year-old was accused of 85 offences in total including more than 20 rapes against 12 victims between 2003 and 2020 while he was a serving officer in an elite and armed unit of the Met.
The judge Mrs Justice Cheema Grubb said his conviction “represents a spectacular downfall for a man charged with upholding the law”. She said the “wholly exceptional circumstances” test for a whole-life prison tariff were not met and that the “implicit and explicit use of his occupation” was the key aggravating factor.
Carrick, who served in the Army before joining the Met, previously pleaded guilty to 49 charges relating to a dozen women. Some are multiple-incident counts meaning they relate to at least 85 separate offences including at least 71 sexual offences and 48 rapes.
