Met Police officer David Carrick admits to being serial rapist

A Metropolitan Police officer has pleaded guilty to multiple rapes and sexual assaults over an 18-year period.

David Carrick, 48, admitted a total of 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape, against 12 women.

He was suspended from duty as an armed officer with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command when he was arrested in October 2021.

His offences spanned from 2003 to 2020 and most took place in Hertfordshire, where he lived.

Carrick admitted four counts of rape, false imprisonment and indecent assault, relating to a 40-year-old woman in 2003, at Southwark Crown Court on Monday.

It can now be reported that Carrick had already pleaded guilty to 43 charges, including 20 counts of rape, in December.

After his first guilty pleas, the Met stopped his pay and began an accelerated misconduct process, with a hearing due to take place on Tuesday.

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