FIRST VICTIM OF PREDATOR BREAKS SILENCE

Survivor of serial sex attacker in plea for others to come forward

- BY SASKIA ROWLANDS

Carrick's first known victim

MET Police rapist David Carrick's 12-year-old victim today speaks for the first time about the horrific abuse she suffered as she issues a plea for others to come forward

Serial sex offender Carrick, 50, was last week sentenced to a 37th life sentence for molesting the schoolgirl in the late 1980s, plus another woman. They are the monster's 13th and 14th known victims.

The former armed officer was already serving a minimum of 32 years after admitting 71 offences, including 48 rapes, over 17 years.

Bravely speaking to this newspaper in her first interview, his young victim, now a mum in her 40s, tells fellow survivors: "Don't let him bully you. He's got no hold over you.

"For your own sanity, you've got to speak up."

And the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, believes there are more sadistic officers hiding within the Met's ranks, saying: "There is another David."

A jury earlier this month found Carrick guilty of five counts of sexual assault for molesting the victim over an 18-month period when he was just 14.

The court heard he put his hand over her mouth to stop her screaming and "trapped" her between a chair and a sofa.

The abuse got so bad she slept on the floor behind her bedroom door out of fear he would enter at night. She eventually plucked up the courage to tell her mother.

On the impact of the abuse, she says: "It's ruined everything - my relationships, my ability to trust people. I'm always hypervigilant.