British Police Officer Charged With Murder in Killing of Sarah Everard
The disappearance of the marketing executive had touched off a national outcry against gender violence. The officer was also charged late Friday with kidnapping.
Police officers on Friday near where the body of Sarah Everard was found in Kent, southeast England. Credit.Paul Childs/Reuters
Published March 12, 2021Updated March 15, 2021
LONDON A police officer was charged late Friday with kidnapping and murdering Sarah Everard, a marketing executive who went missing in South London last week and whose disappearance had touched off a national outcry over violence against women.
The Metropolitan Police said that the officer, Wayne Couzens, 48, whose primary role was patrolling diplomatic premises, would appear in court on Saturday to face the charges.
A body found this week in a wooded area in southeast England has been identified as Sarah Everard’s, police said Friday, ending days of uncertainty over the fate of the 33-year-old marketing executive who disappeared in South London last week.