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Sarah Everard died after disappearing on her walk home in south London
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An online vigil was held in memory of Sarah Everard on Saturday in Suffolk, as London protests grew violent.
Organisers from the Reclaim These Streets movement had arranged to meet in a socially-distanced manner on the Cornhill on Saturday evening in memory of the 33-year-old, whose body was discovered earlier this week.
Serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens, 48, has been charged with Ms Everard s murder.
Suffolk police had urged people not to attend any of the in-person vigils as they would be in breach of the current coronavirus lockdown restrictions and so the event was cancelled.
Metropolitan Police officers at the Sarah Everard vigil on Saturday
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The force used by police officers during the Sarah Everard vigil at Clapham Common was an overreaction , an Essex MP has said.
Metropolitan Police officers clashed with mourners at the memorial in south London, near where Ms Everard was last seen on March 3, on Saturday evening.
Priti Patel, Witham MP and home secretary, has requested a full report of the incident from the Metropolitan Police and described the scenes as upsetting .
Police clashed with a number of mourners at the vigil
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Vigils were planned to remember Ms Everard across Suffolk and Essex, but were forced to be cancelled after police warned against mass gatherings in the coronavirus lockdown.
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