Cop accused of sex attacks is charged with a dozen more offences

A Met Police officer accused of a catalogue of sex attacks against eight women has been charged with 12 more offences.

PC David Carrick, 47, was first charged with raping a woman in a hotel room on 5 September 2020 after meeting her on a Tinder date.

The new charges against Carrick, who was part of the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, cover two counts of rape, one of attempted rape, and two of assault by penetration, against three new complainants, between 2003 and 2015.

Three further counts of rape and four of sexual assault relate to one complainant already a part of the prosecution, with these new offences said to have taken place between 2018 and 2020.

The new allegations against Carrick bring the total to 41 charges.

He earlier denied 29 offences against eight women between 2009 and 2020: thirteen counts of rape; five counts of sexual assault; three counts of assault by penetration; three counts of coercive and controlling behaviour; two counts of false imprisonment; one count of attempted rape; one count of attempted sexual assault by penetration; one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.

Carrick, from Stevenage, Herts, will make his first court appearance in relation to the new charges at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 21 March.

He is listed to appear for trial at St Albans Crown Court on 26 April with a mention hearing at the same court being scheduled.