SADISTIC cop David Carrick was caged for at least 30 years yesterday for a “relentless” rape campaign — as we reveal unseen pictures of him as a gun-obsessed former soldier.
The beast, who behaved as if he were “untouchable” and took “monstrous advantage” of his victims, is shown at 19 posing with his army rifle in front of a collage of naked women.
As manipulative Carrick, 48 — who hid behind the power of his job to exploit women for almost 20 years — begins his sentence, one victim said: “I hope he dies in prison.”
Carrick, who served in the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Logistics Corps before joining the Met, was handed 36 life sentences.
While on tour in Cyprus, Carrick, who was convicted of 49 offences against 12 women, posed with guns and in a martial arts stance.
The pictures were sent to a woman penpal, who remembered him as an “aloof and arrogant” man who pretended he was an “elite soldier” heading for the special forces.
Carrick, of Stevenage, Herts, was watched on video-link by some of his victims for yesterday’s sentencing at Southwark crown court.
He had come to the attention of police nine times before he was finally arrested and charged.
Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told him: “Behind a public appearance of propriety and trustworthiness you took monstrous advantage of women drawn into intimate relationships with you.
“You brazenly raped and sexually assaulted many women, some you barely knew. You behaved as if you were untouchable.
“You were bold and at times relentless, trusting that no victim would overcome her shame and fear to report you. For nearly two decades you were proved right.”
One victim abused by Carrick for four years said: “He deserves to die in prison. He will rot behind bars.
“He’s an evil, evil monster. He could’ve killed any of us. What he did to us was disgusting. When they read the impact statements I realised how similar our stories were.”
The woman, who met Carrick on a dating app, added: “I don’t think I’ll ever be able to have another relationship. He’s ruined that for me.
“The Met have a lot to answer for. They missed nine opportunities to stop him but let him stay in the police for so many years.”
She praised the woman whose complaint to police led to Carrick’s arrest at home, body-cam footage of which was released by cops.
She said: “If it wasn’t for her none of us would’ve come forward. He’d still be working. We owe her a lot.”
Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the force “let down women” and called Carrick’s crimes “unspeakably evil”.
He said: “We missed opportunities to identify the warning signs. We’re truly sorry.”
Ruth Davison, CEO of domestic violence charity Refuge, said: “That Carrick could remain a serving officer for so long while he perpetrated this gross abuse of power and horrific crimes . . . is terrifying.”
