David Carrick jailed for life over series of rapes while Met police officer

Carrick, 48, admitted 85 serious offences during 17-year campaign of terror and attacks against women

David Carrick, who believed his position as a Metropolitan police officer made him untouchable" as he raped, assaulted and inflicted irretrievable destruction" on at least 12 women before intimidating them into silence, has been jailed for life.

The firearms officer, entrusted to guard parliament and diplomatic sites after the Met missed clue after clue about the danger he posed, will spend at least 30 more years in prison for his 17-year spree of crimes.