David Carrick sentencing: former Met police officer faces long prison term for serial rape – live updates

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Second day of sentencing to begin

Hello, this is our live blog of the sentencing of the serial rapist former Metropolitan police officer David Carrick.

Proceedings are due to start soon in court room two at Southwark crown court – the second day of Carrick’s sentencing hearing.

Carrick, 48, has admitted using his status as a Metropolitan police officer to commit 48 rapes amid a spree of 85 serious offences against 12 women in a 17-year long campaign of terror and humiliation. He faces a lengthy custodial sentence once Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb concludes her remarks.

Yesterday, we reported that the criminal investigation into him will stay active even after his sentencing and imprisonment, as detectives sift through information about alleged further offending.