The Metropolitan Police Officer from the same Unit as Sarah Everard’s murderer Wayne Couzens was also charged with thirteen more crimes against women.
After three additional victims, David Carrick (46) now faces 14 counts, four of which are rape.
Following a complaint from a different woman, the suspended officer was originally charged with one count each of rape.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, (CPS), 13 more offences were alleged between 2017-2020.
Carrick faces two counts each of rape and coercive control behaviour. There is also one count false imprisonment.
For the second count, he faces one count for assault by means of penetration, one charge of sexual assault, and one count for attempted sexual assault.
In relation to the third, he was charged with one count each of rape and sexual assault, and one count for coercive or controlling behavior.
After three additional victims, David Carrick, 46, was able to come forward and face 14 charges.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, (CPS), 13 more offences were alleged between 2017-2020 (Picture: Carrick).
Peter Burt is the senior district prosecutor of CPS Thames and Chiltern. He stated: “Following an referral of evidence from Hertfordshire Constabulary. The CPS has now indicted David Carrick for a total 14 alleged offenses against four women.
“We remind everybody that criminal proceedings against the accused are still active, and that he is entitled to fair trials.
“It is vital that no online reporting, commenting or sharing information could be detrimental to these proceedings.
Carrick, from the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, previously ’emphatically denied’ attacking the first woman who filed a complaint.
After they met through Tinder, she claims that he had raped and raped him at the Premier Inn in St Albans last September.
Couzens received a life sentence for Miss Everard’s murder, which was 33 years old. The court heard that the victim came forward.
Octember was the month Magistrates received notice that Carrick presented her with his police warrant card. Carrick claimed that he worked in the Met’s firearms Division and helped guard important persons, including the Prime Minster.
According to the court, he also claimed he owned a snake.
Mark Fleckney, prosecuting, said: ‘They first met on September 4 of last year when they went to a public house in St Albans.
David Carrick (pictured below) was suspended by the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command
“Mr Carrick asked if she could visit the house of the hurt party, but she said that she preferred to meet him in her hometown.
He stated that Mr Carrick had purchased a bottle wine, which she does not drink. However, he felt pressured to consume it since he had already paid for it.
“The conversation then moved to Mr Carrick’s activities and she confirmed that Carrick was a Metropolitan Police officer.
He showed his ID card to the victim. He claimed he was a Metropolitan Police firearms officer and had protected a lot of high-ranking people, including the Prime Minister.
“He said that he had lived in Stevenage with a snake and confirmed this. He said to her that he was looking for a “submissive women ”.’.
Court heard that the officer drove the lady to St Albans’ Premier Inn, where the offence was allegedly committed.
Ryan Dowding, Carrick’s defense, stated: “The two met via Tinder, which is a dating app. They had also arranged to go out to a pub.
“Having drunk alcohol in the pub and then moving to another pub, I consumed more alcohol.
“Mr Carrick claims that no such sex took place.” He denies these allegations.
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring made an appearance via video link at Westminster Magistrates Court. He remanded his officer in custody.
An Independent Office for Police Conduct was requested.
When the charges were announced, Commissioner Cressida Dick stated last month: “I’m deeply worried to hear that an officer of the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command was arrested and is now being charged with this grave offence.”
“I am fully aware that the public will also be concerned.
“Criminal proceedings have now taken their course, so I’m unable to comment further at this point.”
Anybody speculating over the case through social media was reminded by the Crown Prosecution Service that they can be charged with contempt of court.