David Carrick's mother says rapist exaggerated his difficult childhood to try to reduce his sentence

The 48-year-old was given 36 life sentences at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to 85 serious offences including 48 rapes against 12 women.The judge, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, said the disgraced firearms officer had spoken to a probation officer about traumatic experiences in his childhood.

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