good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. a serving metropolitan police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. sarah, who was 33, disappeared whilst walking home in south london 10 days ago. in south london ten days ago. her body was discovered in woodland, in kent, a week after she went missing. 48 year old wayne couzens appeared before magistrates this morning as our correspondent, helena wilkinson, reports. arriving at westminster magistrates court this morning, pc wayne couzens believed to be in this police van. the 48 year old met police officer joined the force two years ago. today he appeared in the dock charges of kidnap and murder were formally put to him. it s ten days since sarah everard disappeared in south london. her body was found here in woodland, near ashford, in kent. it was identified through hard dental records. extensive searches are continuing close to where her body was found. 13 miles away, the police o
york magazine. she said her job was to report on the governor s every move and alleges he often touched her without her consent, on her arms, shoulders, small of her back, her waist. it led her not to even want to go to events like the one she describes, when she was 25 years old she went to a holiday party at the executive mansion and said the governor approached her and as she described it, held her firmly in place while gesturing to a photographer that he wanted their picture taken. the governor said to her, i m sorry, am i making you uncomfortable, i thought we were going steady. it s a moment she subscribed as humiliating, happening in front of her colleagues. she says she felt the governor s actions weren t about wanting to have sex with her but about wanting to show that he had power over her and he used touching and sexual innuendo to stoke fear in women. we ve reached out to bateman and haven t heard back. we ve reached out to the governor s office. they haven t a
Were identifying cases in isolation, whereas by its very nature, both stalking and harassment occurs as a result of really pernicious and persistent offending. And officers and prosecutors were missing that, which meant that victims were left at risk. Our Home Affairs Correspondent, danny shaw, is in the studio. This is not good, is it . It is a terrible report, really, and it shows failings at every stage of the Criminal Justice shows failings at every stage of the criminaljustice process, from the moment that an allegation of harassment or stalking is made, those crimes are not being reported 01 those crimes are not being reported or recorded properly, sometimes not being recorded at all. Victims are not being dealt with properly, Risk Assessment are being done and investigations arent being carried out properly. One of the most disturbing findings from this report is that it says there is concrete evidence that police are Issuing Warnings the perpetrators, rather than conducting tho
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The headlines. Boots has apologised saying that the company is truly sorry about its response to calls to cut the cost of one of its morning after pills. President trumps former press secretary, sean spicer, has played down talk of divisions within the White House Administration following the announcement of his resignation. Councils in england say theyre having to find temporary accommodation for more than 900 children each month, because more families are becoming homeless. Most privately owned drones will need a licence under a new Government Scheme to clamp down on their misuse, following a number of near miss mid air incidents. Airline pilots have welcomed the move. The ruling body of cycling in the uk has voted to adopt a new code of conduct drawn up by the government. By accepting the new rules, British Cycling will retain £15 million of public funding. Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week. Strange doorways. Light warriors. And a robo hatchling. There are sharks all a