RAPIST police officer David Carrick used his “power and control” to carry out a “catalogue of violent and brutal” sex attacks, a court heard today.

The 48-year-old Metropolitan Police constable appeared in the dock at Southwark Crown Court to be sentenced for 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape, during a two-day hearing.

He sent one of his victims a photograph of himself with a work-issue gun, saying: “Remember, I am the boss,” the court heard.