Monster rapist cop David Carrick ‘will be on death watch 24/7 after lags put a bounty on his head’
MONSTER Met Police rapist David Carrick will be on 24-hour "death watch" in jail, according to reports.
The predator was yesterday handed 36 life sentences after he was unmasked as one of the UK's most prolific sex offenders.
Prison sources now claim Carrick, 48, already has a bounty on his head, the reports.
As a result, the former gun cop will be watched 24/7 in an isolated cell while he serves the minimum 30 year term on his sentence.
Carrick tortured his victims as he abused his position in the police to "charm and beguile" them in a 17-year reign of terror.
The monster locked women naked in a cupboard under the stairs for ten hours at a time, controlled what they ate and branded them his "slaves".
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He was revealed as one of the UK's worst serial rapists last month after admitting 49 charges - including 24 counts of rape.
Some of the multiple-incident counts relate to at least 85 separate offences including at least 71 sexual offences and 48 rapes.
Shockingly, it also emerged Carrick came to police attention nine times before his arrest after rape and domestic violence allegations were made against him.
At his two-day sentencing hearing, the court was told Carrick attempted to kill himself while on remand at Belmarsh.
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Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said this was a "self-pitying reaction to the shame brought on you by these proceedings rather than remorse".
She also said the women involved were not "weak or ineffectual" but instead "victims of your criminal mindset".
The judge added: "These convictions represent a spectacular downfall for a man charged with upholding the law and empowered to do so even to the extent of being authorised to bear a firearm in the execution of his duty.
"Behind a public appearance of propriety and trustworthiness, you took monstrous advantage of women drawn into intimate relationships with you.
“You brazenly raped and sexually assaulted a number of women, some very brutally, and you behaved as if you were untouchable.
"You were bold and at times relentless, trusting that no victim would overcome her shame and fear to report you.
"For nearly two decades, you were proved right but now a combination of those 12 women, by coming forward, and your police colleagues, by acting on their evidence, have exposed you and brought you low.
"You have lost your liberty, your job and your status. You have before you the prospect of a difficult time in custody for many years."
The judge branded the serial predator a "grave danger" to women but said the crimes did not meet the threshold for a whole life tariff that would see him die in jail.
Carrick's sentence will now be reviewed under the Unduly Lenient Scheme.
The Attorney General was bombarded with complaints following the fiend's sentencing yesterday.
Under the current minimum term, he will be 78 before he is eligible for parole.
A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said: “We can confirm we have received multiple requests relating to David Carrick’s sentence under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
"The case will of course be considered for referral to The Court of Appeal.
“The Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme allows prosecutors, victims of crime and their families and members of the public to ask for certain Crown Court sentences to be reviewed by the law officers if they think the sentencing judge made a gross error or imposed a sentence outside the range of sentences reasonably available in circumstances of the offence.”
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