Life imprisonment for David Carrick, the British police officer who raped a dozen women

The Justice of the United Kingdom has sentenced this Tuesday to life imprisonment to former London Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick after being found guilty of carrying out dozens of rapes while he was an agenta job that he has held until mid-January.

The 48-year-old man has been convicted of using his position as a police officer to carry out a “terror campaign” against women for 17 years. Thus, a judge has indicated that he will have to remain in prison for at least 32 years before his release can even be considered.

Judge Cheema Grubb has pointed out that the defendant behaved for decades “as if it were untouchable”. “For years you were shown to be right,” he lamented before speaking of a “monstrous abuse of power” on his part, which gave him “exceptional power of control.” In addition, he has accused him of “betraying his oath to protect the population.”

Carrick had pleaded guilty in connection with 85 crimes including sexual assault and rape, among others. In total, it is estimated that she attacked 12 women between 2003 and 2020 when she worked as a police officer, according to information from the newspaper ‘The Guardian’.

The Police Corps has now indicated that it “should never have been an agent” given the complaints filed by women, although it “failed to understand the danger it posed” for them.

The case has led the British Prime Minister himself, Rishi Sunak, to promise reforms to prevent a repeat. Along with Scotland Yard boss Mark Rowley, Sunak has vowed to take steps to prevent “absolutely despicable” cases like Carrick’s from happening again, as well as to guys like him have “nowhere to hide”.

In this sense, he has asked the Police to address the failures that have been committed to restore “trust among the public”, and especially among women and girls. “The abuse of power that we have seen is absolutely despicable and must be addressed immediately,” she stressed.