Ex-Met officer on trial for sex abuse - already jailed for other crimes

David Carrick (Hertfordshire Police/PA) Hertfordshire Police

Former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, 50, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of sexually abusing a girl in the late 1980s and repeatedly raping a woman between 2014 and 2019. The prosecution opened its case on Tuesday, describing Carrick's actions as part of a decades-long pattern of predatory offending.

Prosecutor Tom Little KC told the jury: «This case that you are now trying is primarily about sexual offending committed many years apart by this defendant.» He emphasized that the alleged crimes were not isolated incidents: «This was not isolated offending but part of a pattern which the defendant perpetrated over many years.»

Letter confession

A letter recovered from Carrick's medical records and presented to the court appears to acknowledge the abuse of the girl. In it, Carrick wrote: «I know how (the girl) must feel. That's why I stopped and promised I would never go near her again and I have kept that promise and I always will.» The letter, signed by "Dave", continued: «Sorry to you and especially sorry to (the girl) but she does not have to worry ever again. Please do not try to talk about it.»

The prosecution alleges Carrick sexually molested the girl on multiple occasions when she was around 12 years old. The second complainant, a woman, was allegedly subjected to rape and sexual assault in what Tom Little KC described as a «toxic relationship» controlled by Carrick. The prosecutor noted that Carrick was a serving Metropolitan Police officer during the relationship, working in the elite Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection unit.

Previous convictions

Carrick has denied all charges relating to both complainants in this trial. However, he pleaded guilty in 2022 and 2023 to a «large number» of sexual offenses against numerous other women and is currently serving a jail sentence for those crimes. Neither alleged victim in the current trial can be identified for legal reasons. The trial continues.

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