- June Kelly, Claire Ellison and Judith Burns
- BBC News
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Warning: Some readers may find the content of this article disturbing.
For 20 years, David Garrick, a violent sexual predator and serial rapist, wore a police uniform and even carried a gun during that time.
In his private life, he told his victims that they were “his slaves”., He controlled them, abused them, and subjected them to lowly depravity. Carrick told them that no one would believe them because it was his word against a cop’s.
The former agent has now admitted 49 charges against 12 victims. His guilty pleas leave London’s Metropolitan Police – the force he worked for – again having to apologize for failing to find a uniformed criminal in their ranks.
Carrick was finally arrested when a woman decided to report him October 2021When the case of another police officer from the metropolitan force was made public.
The woman contacted police in Hertfordshire, where Carrick lived He committed many crimes.
The victim described how a year ago, Met Carrick on Tinder, dating app. At their first meeting, he showed his police card and said he had met famous people, including the Prime Minister. He is said to have handled guns and owned a pet snake. He said he wants a humble girl.
He got her drunk and took her to a hotel room where he raped her. Carrick was arrested and charged.
“The investigation snowballed“
At his first court appearance, Carrick denied the charges, but as a defendant in the court case, his name was made public. The director of the inquiry, Ian Moore of Hertfordshire Police, described this first complaint as a trigger.
When they finally saw him in the dock, many of Carrick’s victims, previously intimidated into silence, began to come forward to the authorities.
“The investigation snowballed,” says Inspector Moore. First Complainant Many women didn’t realize it would empower them He will succeed in unleashing a demon hiding behind the image of law and order.
The Metropolitan Police apologized after it was revealed that Garik had come to the attention of this police force and three other forces on at least nine occasions.
Deputy Commissioner Barbara Gray said the force “should have caught his pattern of misconduct.” He says the failures “may have prolonged” the suffering of Carrick victims.
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Carrick’s first known victim described being forcibly detained, raped and threatened with a fake weapon in 2003 as her probationary period with the police came to an end.
Carrick later raped, sexually assaulted and abused a series of women, calling them “his whores”. Some were told what to wear, where to sleep, what to eat, and in some cases they were forbidden to eat altogether. Some were forbidden to speak to other men or to their own children. There were others he peed on.
One woman described how Garrick hit her with the beltAnother was how he routinely locked her in a small closet under the stairs. “She was bullied and humiliated until she decided she could leave,” says Inspector Moore: “I’ve seen crates for big dogs.”
Moore explains that Garrick developed relationships with women “to sustain his appetite for degradation and control.” “He wanted to humiliate his victims.” Three women were in “controlling and coercive” relationships with Garrick. Police believe there may be more victims.
Hertfordshire Police have created a dedicated section on their website for Carrick, which allows people to provide information without going through the police control room or public online reporting system.
“Sexual Activity”
BBC News spoke to a woman who met Garrick through a dating site. Garrick didn’t attack her, she wasn’t a woman in this case. Although they were not a couple, she visited his home once.
She describes how he started bombarding her with messages that “really freaked me out.” “He’s different,” she says. “I thought I should be nice to him because he’s a police officer, and I thought, ‘Surely you can trust a police officer’.”
In the news, Carrick told him I thought he loved her And he accused her of cheating on him. He says he was shocked and surprised by the crimes of a man he considered simply arrogant and eccentric.
In interviews with police, Carrick appeared calm, saying the sexual activity was neither consensual nor occurring.
And for months, Carrick denied the charges, and it appeared his victims would face trial in court. But suddenly in December 2022 He confessed to most of the crimes.
He was still due to stand trial on the remaining charges in February, but has now pleaded guilty to those charges as well.
The street in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, where David Carrick lived
His conviction has left the police with serious questions to answer.
In 2001, after a stint in the army, he joined the Metropolitan Police at the age of 26. Although he had been involved in two crimes in the previous year – although he was never arrested or charged – including a robbery involving one of his former partners, he refused to accept that he was not. Relationship is relationship.
In 2002, Carrick was investigated by his own force He accused the ex-partner of assault and harassment. There are no criminal charges and he has not been referred to the Directorate of Police Professional Standards.
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During his career, Carrick was the subject of numerous complaints of assault, stalking and domestic abuse, but none led to a criminal prosecution. He was on the radar of police in Hertfordshire, Hampshire and the Thames Valley.
In 2009, an allegation was brought against Carrick when he became a member of armed groups guarding the British Parliament, government offices and diplomatic missions in London.
In 2017, he met his police review, but two years later, He was accused of grabbing a woman by the neck. Again, there were no criminal charges. Although the Metropolitan Police was informed, it rejected the misconduct process.
In the summer of 2021, Carrick was charged with rape and arrested by Hertfordshire Police, but was allowed by the Metropolitan Police to continue working in restricted roles.
Despite the force publicly proclaiming its commitment to protecting women after the murder of young woman Sarah Everard, it now admits its professional standards department did not attempt to check the full history of another officer accused of rape.
“back off”
Barbara Gray says being incredible and emphasizing that Carrick It should have been is under study and was suspended.
The rape case was not pursued after the woman withdrew her complaint. Carrick was preparing to return to duty when he was arrested again on another rape charge. He was charged, publicly named and his 17 years of crimes finally exposed.
The Metropolitan Police has asked the Chief Constable to review the decision on Carrick, which Gray describes as “devastating for victims who have to endure pain and suffering at the hands of an on-duty police officer”.
“This is devastating to the confidence we are working so hard to win from women and girls across London,” she says. “We know it’s a day where the police definitely back off.”
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