David Carrick: CPS authorises nine further charges
The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Hertfordshire Constabulary to charge Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick with nine additional offences.
The new charges, which cover six counts of rape, one count of false imprisonment, one count of indecent assault, and one count of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, relate to one new complainant and are alleged to have taken place in July 2003.
This is in addition to 44 offences Mr Carrick was charged with previously against 12 separate women. In total, the defendant is now charged with 53 offences against 13 women between 2003 and 2020, including:
- 27 counts of rape;
- Nine counts of sexual assault;
- Five counts of assault by penetration;
- Three counts of coercive and controlling behaviour;
- Three counts of false imprisonment;
- Two counts of attempted rape;
- One count of attempted sexual assault by penetration;
- One count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent;
- One count of indecent assault;
- One count of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
Mr Carrick, 47, will make his first court appearance in relation to the new charges on Wednesday 30 November at 2pm at Westminster Magistrates Court. His trial is listed to begin on 6 February 2023 at Southwark Crown Court.
The CPS and Hertfordshire Constabulary would like to remind all concerned that criminal proceedings against the defendant are active and that he has a right to a fair trial. It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.
Notes to editors
- David Carrick (DOB: 04/01/1975) was initially charged with a single count of rape on 3 October 2021. He was charged with 13 additional offences on 24 November 2021, some of which have since been split into separate counts (19). He was charged with nine additional offences on 10 January 2022, 12 offences on 17 March 2022, and three offences on 9 May 2022. Today (24 November 2022) he been charged with a further nine offences.
- The decision to charge has been made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.
- The function of the CPS is not to decide whether a person is guilty of a criminal offence, but to make fair, independent and objective assessments about whether it is appropriate to present charges for the criminal court to consider.
- The CPS assessment of any case is not in any sense a finding of, or implication of, any guilt or criminal conduct. It is not a finding of fact, which can only be made by a court, but rather an assessment of what it might be possible to prove to a court, in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.
- This assessment is based on the evidence available arising out of the police investigation and not on the evidence that is likely to be gathered by the defence, and likely to be used to test the prosecution evidence. The CPS charging decision is therefore necessarily an assessment on the basis of the evidence that is available to the CPS at the time the decision is made.
- CPS prosecutors must also keep every case under review, so that they take account of any change in circumstances that occurs as the case develops, including what becomes known of the defence case. If appropriate, the CPS may change the charges or stop a case.