Met Police firearms officer, 47, accused of 29 sex attacks against eight women is ‘rushed to hospital after collapsing in his cell’
- PC David Carrick, 47, was charged with 29 offences between 2009 and 2020
- It is understood he sustained injuries at HMP Belmarsh on Tuesday morning
- Paramedics called to scene, where he is thought to have been alone at the time
- Carrick was remanded in custody last week ahead of his next court appearance
A firearms officer from the Met’s diplomatic protection unit accused of 29 sex attacks against eight women has been rushed to hospital after collapsing in his cell, according to reports.
PC David Carrick, 47, appeared at Woolwich Crown Court last Thursday after being charged with the offences between 2009 and 2020.
These include 13 rapes including one of a woman he met on a Tinder date and other charges such as keeping an alleged victim prisoner in a cupboard under the stairs and urinating on three women against their will.
It is understood he was taken to hospital on Tuesday morning after sustaining injuries at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London.
Paramedics were reportedly called to the scene, where he is thought to have been alone at the time of his injury.
PC David Carrick (pictured above), 47, appeared at Woolwich Crown Court last Thursday after being charged with the 29 offences between 2009 and 2020
It is understood Carrick (above, in a court artist sketch on November 26 last year) was taken to hospital on Tuesday morning after sustaining injuries at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London
A Prison Service spokesperson told the Daily Mirror: ‘An HMP Belmarsh prisoner has been taken to hospital.’
HMP Belmarsh’s safer custody team is probing the incident.
The latest nine charges faced by Carrick relate to four women and include six counts of rape, one count of attempted rape, one count of assault by penetration and one count of controlling and coercive behaviour between 2009 and 2018.
Carrick, who has been suspended by Scotland Yard, pleaded ‘not guilty’ to each of the nine charges last week.
He has previously denied a further 20 charges against four other complainants, including allegations that he raped one woman he met on dating app Tinder, false imprisonment, and sexually assaulted three women by urinating on them.
He faces trial at St Albans Crown Court on April 26 on all 29 charges.
Paramedics were reportedly called to the scene, where he is thought to have been alone at the time of his injury (file photo of HMP Belmarsh)
These include 13 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 and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.
Carrick, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, was remanded in custody ahead of his next court appearance at the Old Bailey on March 11.
He was based within the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, the armed unit stationed in Westminster, and was responsible for the protection of sensitive sites such as Downing Street.
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