David Carrick used “his power and control” as a police officer to stop victims reporting him.
Serial rapist David Carrick, who used his role as a Metropolitan Police officer to put fear into his victims, has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years.
Carrick, 48, committed “violent and brutal sexual offences” against a dozen women over two decades.
Southwark Crown Court heard he used his role to intimidate women, sending one of his victims a picture of his gun saying “I am the boss”.
He was sentenced to 36 life terms.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, who set a minimum term of 30 years and 239 days in prison before Carrick can be considered for parole, said he showed an “astonishing degree of moral corruption”.
“You behaved as if you were untouchable,” she said.
Carrick’s crimes include dozens of rape and sexual offences spanning 2003 to 2020, mostly committed in Hertfordshire, where he lived, and all took place while he was a serving police officer.
He admitted 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape.
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