Wayne Couzens, 48, a serving London officer who had guarded diplomatic premises, had used his position to stop Everard, the Old Bailey court heard. Couzens forced Everard, 33, into a hire car as she walked home after visiting a friend in south London on March 3. "Wayne Couzens held a position of trust as a police officer and we are outraged and sickened that he abused this trust in order to lure Sarah to her death." "Sarah Everard was simply walking home. "There are no words that can fully express the fury and overwhelming sadness that we all feel about what happened to Sarah.

Source: bd News24 September 30, 2021 11:26 UTC