Former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick has been handed a 37th life sentence at the Old Bailey, with a minimum term of 30 years, for molesting a 12-year-old girl and raping a former partner. The 50-year-old, who served as an armed officer, sexually assaulted the child in the late 1980s when he was a teenager, and later subjected a woman to repeated rape and coercive control between 2014 and 2019.
Mrs Justice McGowan sentenced Carrick on Thursday after he was found guilty of two counts of rape, one of sexual assault, coercive and controlling behaviour, and five counts of indecent assault. The life sentence runs concurrently with his 36 other life sentences, imposed in 2023 for 71 sexual offences against 12 women, including 48 rapes.
The judge acknowledged the “courage and resilience” of the victims and noted Carrick’s “cynical willingness” to force them to give evidence due to his denial of wrongdoing. Of the child assaults, she said: “They were the first examples to come to light of your disposition to commit predatory sexual crimes. I have no doubt that you are dangerous.”
In victim statements read to the court, the woman molested as a child said: “The public revelations of David’s actions caused me to relive my trauma… I do not believe David has any remorse.” The woman he raped said: “I did not get the chance to learn love… I learned survival instead.”
Carrick denied the allegations but declined to give evidence. Senior Crown Prosecutor Shilpa Shah described him as a “manipulative, controlling and abusive man” who created a facade. Police have urged any further victims to come forward.
