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Priti Patel statement on Sarah Everard vigil policing - updates
Met Police have been accused of deep-rooted, institutional misogyny
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Home Secretary Priti Patel is this afternoon giving a statement to the House of Commons on the Metropolitan Police’s handling of a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard.
It follows criticism over the force’s handling of the event, which saw officers clash with crowds gathered on Clapham Common to remember the 33-year-old marketing executive who went missing while walking home from a friend’s flat on March 3.
We will be covering the Home Secretary s statement live, with updates as she delivers her announcement to MPs.