"It was very important to me to bring the second prosecution because these two new victims only had the ability to come forward after David Carrick had been convicted in 2023. They hadn't felt safe enough to come forward before that. And I felt that it was necessary to allow them to have their allegations on the record, for them to be able to express their feelings and how he had ruined their lives,"
"We also had to make sure that the court were aware of the fact that he had been abusing a 12-year-old child. His abusive behaviour had been going on for almost 40 years. So that was an important matter that we had to put before the court. And also for the other victim in this case, we wanted to ensure that the court were aware that he was still a serving senior police officer,"
Former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick faced a second prosecution for historic sexual offences, including molesting a 12-year-old and raping an ex-partner. He had earlier admitted to being a serial rapist and abuser of 12 women in 2022–2023. Carrick refused to accept guilt on the later charges, requiring the victims to confront him and give evidence in court. He declined to give evidence at the Old Bailey trial and no defence evidence was called. Most pre-trial legal argument occurred without the jury present. An Old Bailey jury found him guilty of all charges after five hours of deliberation. Prosecutors sought to put allegations on the record, to highlight prolonged abuse spanning almost 40 years, and to stress that he was a serving armed senior officer while repeatedly abusing a woman, matters they said were in the public interest.
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