Plymouth councillor Mark Deacon said this is how he would dress if a curfew was imposed on men A TORY councillor has been suspended after “making a mockery” of women’s fears about male violence in the wake of the disappearance of Sarah Everard. Mark Deacon, a representative in Plymouth, posted an image of himself in women s clothes in response to proposals for men to be subject to a 6pm curfew in areas where women have been murdered. The Conservative, donning a black wig and pink floral dress, said that is how he would dress if the restriction was introduced.
A NIGHT-TIME curfew banning men from the streets after 6pm should be considered in areas where women have been killed, according to an SNP MP. Hannah Bardell, representative for Livingston and the SNP’s spokeswoman on international engagement, suggested the initiative following the death of Sarah Everard. Everard, a marketing executive, disappeared while walking home from a friend’s house in South London at about 9pm on March 3. Human remains were then found in a woodland area in Ashford, Kent, on March 10 which were later formally identified as Everard. Yesterday, a Metropolitan police officer, Wayne Courzens, 48, appeared in court charged with her kidnap and murder.