Met rapist David Carrick’s victim revealed how she was drugged, beaten, and raped, before Sarah Everard’s mother inspired her to come forward.
The former police officer, 48, was jailed for a minimum of 30 years earlier this month for carrying out a string of ‘violent and brutal’ sex attacks after taking ‘monstrous advantage’ of at least a dozen women.
One of the victims has said the words of Ms. Everard’s mother made her determined to get Carrick behind bars.
The woman, who suffered at the hands of Carrick for 13 months, said she wanted to honour Ms. Everard’s memory.
Her bravery was later praised by the judge who sentenced Carrick to life imprisonment earlier this month, saying it was ‘remarkable’ how driven she had been to bring his crimes to light and how, in doing so, she had left others feeling able to act.
The woman’s testimony encouraged other women to come forward before the extent of Carrick’s heinous offending was revealed.
The woman added that she is ‘angry and very bitter’ towards the Met over failures to conduct proper checks – after it was revealed he had come to the attention of officers of the force.
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.
The Met was forced to apologize and admit Carrick should have been rooted out earlier after it emerged he came to police attention over nine incidents – including allegations of rape, domestic violence, and harassment – between 2000 and 2021, with all but one of the incidents relating to his behaviour towards women.
The woman believes Carrick’s offending would have continued until he killed someone. She added, “My advice to anyone in the same position is, don’t be scared to come forward.”
The woman recalled being called a ‘disgusting b***h’ and was ‘incapable of standing.’
She woke up naked in an empty bath but had suffered two broken ribs after being thrown into it. Carrick, meanwhile, was lying naked on the bed and she only managed to escape when he fell asleep.
As she returned home, the woman said the fact Carrick was a police officer had discouraged her from contacting authorities about the evening.
To retain evidence, she knew not to bathe but felt she needed to ‘wash him away’ and went into work later the same day.
But she was ‘in a lot of pain’ in the following days and began isolating herself from family and friends as Covid spread across the UK.
When Ms. Everard’s mother told Couzens’ sentencing that she was ‘outraged’ at how he had ‘masqueraded’ as an officer to get what he wanted, the woman said she was unable to ignore it.
Instead, the day after his sentencing on October 1, 2021, she called the police and explained to an operator what had taken place.
She received a call from a Hertfordshire Police officer and gave a full statement before Carrick was arrested at his home in Stevenage later that day.
The case was later dropped, but Carrick admitted responsibility for the evening. He would admit 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape, at Southwark Crown Court earlier this month.
The woman added that she is ‘angry and very bitter’ towards the Met over failures to conduct proper checks – after it was revealed he had come to the attention of officers of the force.
The Met was forced to apologize and admit Carrick should have been rooted out earlier after it emerged he came
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