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Pictures have emerged of Met rapist David Carrick posing with a rifle in front of a collage of naked women while he was a teenager serving in the British Army.
The ex-police officer, 48, has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years for carrying out a string of ‘violent and brutal’ sex attacks after taking ‘monstrous advantage’ of at least a dozen women.
Carrick served in the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Logistics Corps prior to joining the Metropolitan Police.
But he would go on to subject his victims to ‘degrading and inhumane treatment’ during more than 20 years as a police officer.
Pictures have now emerged showing Carrick serving in the British Army during a tour to Cyprus as a 19-year-old, The Sun reports.
David Carrick pictured posing with a rifle during his time with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Logistics Corps
Pictures have emerged showing Carrick in a martial arts pose in front of a collage of naked women
While in the country, Carrick would pose with guns in a martial arts stance.
He sent the images to a female penpal, who describes him as an ‘aloof and arrogant’.
She also says he pretended to be an ‘elite soldier’ who was bound for the special forces. Â
But Carrick, of Stevenage, was handed 36 life sentences at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.
At least five of his victims bravely attended court to watch as their attacker was jailed for a minimum of 30 years and 239 days in prison before being considered for parole.
The court heard graphic details of how Carrick used cameras he installed at home to monitor women while he was at work.
He made another woman choke on her vomit, assaulted one with a sex toy and urinated on one of his victims.
The armed officer tortured and abused women for 17 years despite coming to police attention nine times before his arrest and developing the nickname ‘B*****d Dave’ at work.
He called women ‘fat and lazy’ and treated them like as his ‘sex slaves’ as well as controlled them financially.
Victims were isolated from their family and forbidden from speaking with other men.
He also used his police baton as a threat and handcuffs in an attack.
Carrick’s crimes were all carried out while serving with the force – he guarded sites including embassies and the Houses of Parliament, and completed training courses, including one on domestic abuse in 2005.
Prosecutor Tom Little KC said the ‘systematic’ offending was ‘catalogue of violent and brutal sexual offences’.
He would use ‘power and control’ to stop his victims leaving or reporting him, and others feared they would not be believed if they reported the rape.Â
Carrick, who joined the Met in 2001 before becoming an armed officer with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command in 2009, pleaded guilty to 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape.
The former Met Police officer, pictured here in uniform and holding a gun, abused a dozen women over the course of nearly 20 yearsÂ
During sentencing, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said Carrick had taken ‘monstrous advantage’ of his victims with whom he had ‘brutal, controlling and coercive relationships’ with.
She told Carrick that he ‘behaved as if you were untouchable’, adding it was a ‘spectacular downfall for a man charged with upholding the law’ having lost his liberty, job and status.
The judge added: ‘Behind a public appearance of propriety and trustworthiness you took monstrous advantage of women.
‘You brazenly raped and sexually assaulted a number of women, some very brutally, and 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 but now a combination of those 12 women, by coming forward, and your police colleagues, by acting on their evidence, have exposed you and brought you low.
‘You have lost your liberty, your job and your status. You have before you the prospect of a difficult time in custody for many years.’
Details of some of Carrick’s horrific crimes were heard in court yesterday, including how he sent one of his victims a photograph of himself with a police-issue gun, saying: ‘Remember I am the boss.’
Some of his victims had bravely attended Southwark Crown Court to watch as Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb (pictured) was sentencing the 48-year-old from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, on Tuesday
The judge listed a number of key themes in Carrick’s offending, including asserting authority and enacting ‘extreme domination’ over his victims.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb also highlighted the ‘reluctance of victims to report your offending’ because of their knowledge of his ‘status as a police officer’.
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She spoke of the ‘irretrievable devastation’ Carrick’s crimes has had on his victims, including ‘long-lasting psychological harm’ and ‘damaged mental health’
The judge revealed that Carrick attempted to kill himself while on remand at Belmarsh prison and was detained in a secure hospital but was found not to be suffering from any mental disorder.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told him: ‘You were driven to try to commit suicide as a self-pitying reaction to the shame brought on you by these proceedings rather than remorse.’ Â
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