and plain—clothes officers will not be deployed on their own, and will be in pairs. but serious questions are being asked about whether opportunities were missed to prevent sarah everard's murder. the met has admitted a vetting check on couzens was not done correctly when he joined the force. it meant an incident of indecent exposure in kent in 2015, involving a vehicle linked to couzens, was missed. and around 72 hours before ms everard's abduction, met police officers received a separate allegation of indecent exposure which also identified the vehicle involved, registered to couzens. simonjones reports. sarah everard, described in court as intelligent, talented, much loved. but the question now facing the met is, could and should her a killer wayne couzens have been stopped earlier? i recognise that for some people a precious bond of trust has been damaged.