“I hope the victims and public, more widely, are reassured that no one is above the law and the police service will relentlessly pursue those offenders who target women in this way.”
On Monday, Carrick pleaded guilty to the remaining charges against him at Southwark crown court, bringing a total of 49 charges covering 85 serious offenses with the voice of his victims yet to be heard.obtained the first account of abuse from a woman who vividly described how Carrick sent her selfies from work in his uniform who sometimes showed his Met-issued gun, and threatened to kill her saying: “I can kill you without leaving any evidence.
Police and prosecutors say the Met police officer dominate and humiliate his victims, forcing them into a tiny understairs cupboard where they were forced to stay naked for hours.He verbally abused them, calling one his “slave,” and used sexual violence to degrade them, including urinating on some of them.The Met has admitted errors in failing to spot Carrick as a rising threat during his 20 years of service.
The Centre for Women’s Justice’s Harriet Wistrich stated: “All these disclosures in the context of the larger picture that has been revealed of misogyny within the the Met is seriously undermining women’s confidence in the police …