Ministers committed to ending rough sleeping by the end of this year. An inquiry into how a serving metropolitan Police Officer was able to abduct and kill Sarah Everard has concluded he remained on the force because of failures in recruitment and vetting. The inquiry said red flags were missed at the three Different Police forces where Wayne Couzens served over several years. He was off duty when he kidnapped the 33 year old in march 2021. He is now serving a whole Life Sentence for rape and murder. Her killing by a serving Police Officer prompted a widespread outpouring of anger and grief and sparked demonstrations over concern for the safety of women. The chair of the inquiry said that without a radical overhaul of Police Vetting and recruitment there is nothing to stop another Wayne Couzens operating in plain sight. We are expecting the full Police Response shortly but we have heard an Opening Statement from Chief Constable Gavin Stevens who said the harrowing murder of Sarah Evera
For any reason must be removed from policing and every effort must be made to ensure that similar people neverjoin. That is why we are providing funding to the National Police chiefs council to develop an Automated System to flag about Police Officers. We are changing the rules to make it easier for forces to remove those Who Cannot Hold the minimum level of clearance and Police Chiefs are getting back the responsibility for sharing these Conduct Hearings so that they can better uphold the standards in the forces that they lead. There will be a presumption for dismissal for any officerfound to have a presumption for dismissal for any officer found to have committed Gross Misconduct and i can announce today that there will also be an automatic suspension of Police Officers charged with certain criminal offences. But the work must continue. Part two of the report is considering systemic issues in policing such as vetting, recruitment and the culture, as well as the safety of women in pub
Hello. Good evening. Wayne couzens, who abducted and murdered Sarah Everard while he was in the metropolitan police, should never have been given a job as a police officer. That is one of the stark findings of an independent inquiry. Its chair, lady elish angiolini, said red flags about couzens had repeatedly been ignored by three police forces, and that without significant overhaul, she believed theres nothing to stop another Couzens Operating in plain sight. The metropolitan police has responded that it must go further and faster to regain public trust. Heres our home Affairs Correspondent, june kelly. He was a predatory sex offender in a police uniform. A criminal with state sanctioned powers. Wayne couzens should never have been allowed to join the police, and constant flawed vetting meant he was able to continue in his role despite a series of red flags. These are the stark conclusions of todays inquiry report. The metropolitan Police Service told the inquiry in 2022 that it would
The Israeli Army Says it has no knowledge of shelling in the area. 0ur middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest from jerusalem. Were hearing from the Hamas Run Health Ministry that there were more than 80 People Killed overnight in the gaza strip. Most of those, actually, apparently waiting for aid in gaza city when witnesses there say that there was shelling by israeli tanks. And still an unclear picture about exactly what has happened there. But overall, now this really grim milestone has been passed, the Health Ministry in gaza is really the only official source of data that we have for casualty numbers. And its the one thats relied on by the un and others. And its saying that the majority of those who have been killed are women and children since the 7th Of October. And also more than 70,000 people have been injured, as well. These figures rely on bodies being brought in to hospitals or seen by medical workers so they can be properly registered. But actually, its thou