it means that we can say that he was a serial sex offender before he murdered sarah everard. and devastatingly, it means we can say that had he been properly investigated by the police for these indecent exposures, in the days before sarah everard to murder, it is possible that sarah everard would not have been murdered. let mejust talk you through that. in the week before sarah everard was murdered, wayne couzens went to mcdonald s intent. it s a service station. and he was he was reported for having no trousers on, he was naked on the bottom half. he looked at the staff while he ordered and drove off in their state. and the staff reported him to the police, because this wasn t the first time that happened it was the fourth time. and they gave the police, they went through cctv and they gave the police his car registration. now if the police
had checked his car registration properly, they would seen he was connected to that car and that he was a police officer. and presumably, they would have been suspended him. none of that happen. in a few days later he went on to kill sarah everard. so even though he was found guilty of the murder of sarah everard, he was still prosecuted for these indecent exposures. he pleaded guilty to three of them, two of them at mcdonald s and one in 2020 in deal in kent. he was seen at the start of the road, committing a sex act by a cyclist who went past. he had a partial recognition of his number plate but not the full number plate. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? after shooting down for unidentified objects in less than two weeks, the