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 false guise of an arrest. The chair of the inquiry into his conduct and background, says without a radical overhaul of Police Vetting and recruitment, theres nothing to stop another couzens operating in plain sight. June kelly reports. He was a predatory sex offender in a police uniform. A criminal with state sanctioned powers. Wayne couzens should never have been allowed to become a police officer, and Continualflawed Vetting meant he was able to stay in his role despite a series of red flags. These are among the stark conclusions of todays inquiry report into couzens. It examined his career, his behaviour and the way he was vetted. The metropolitan Police Service told the inquiry in 2022 that it still have recruited him if provided with the same information. I found this astonishing. Now is the time for change. Without a significant overhaul, there is nothing to stop another Wayne Couzens operating in plain sight. The report described how in 2004 and 2008, kent police turned down
Hour. Details of the incident are under review and they say dozens of gazans were crushed and trampled, the israeli troops say they open fire because they were under threat. Here are palestinians arriving at the hospital in the Northern Gaza strip, we are trying to piece together the timeline. The Hamas Run Health Ministry says more than 30,000 palestinians have now been killed since israel began its Military Offensive in october. It says the majority of those killed were women and children. That number equates to about 1. 3 of the 2. 3 million population of the territory. With the latest from jerusalem heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Chaos in Northern Gazas hospitals. 0verwhelmed by hundreds of casualties. Many men had just set out to bring home sacks of flour for their hungry families and were shot, witnesses say, by the israeli army. They started firing, says this man, whose friend tamer was killed. The flour trucks ran over all the bodies. 0vernight, huge crowds
russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin cause of his rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. roadblocks to stop his wagner forces are filled in as the crisis is a diffused. after a direct threat to his leadership, the questions over vladimir putin s future. forces in ukraine assess how the turmoil will affect the progress of the war. also this morning, the public tolls they can now call 999 after a technical default. labor calls for mandatory help for homeowners struggling to meet rising mortgage payments. good morning, the rebellion by the russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin appears to be over. the russian president, vladimir putin called it a knife in the back of our people, and said his forces were but a deal has now been negotiated by belarus and the kremlin, so that the rebel leader will be allowed to leave the country, and his fighters will not be prosecuted. our moscow correspondent diane mcenany reports. yevgeny prigozhin, cheered by supporters after bringin