Good afternoon. Her brutal murder shocked britain, and now an independent report into the killing of Sarah Everard has found the man responsible should never have been a Police Officer, and several opportunities to stop him offending were missed. Wayne couzens is serving a whole Life Sentence for sarahs rape and murder, and was off duty when he kidnapped the 33 year old, under 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 is live in central london, with the very latest. Clive, lady elish angiolini, the seniorjudge who produced the report, has come up with 16 recommendations to stop another potential Wayne Couzens. Some of these recommendations are related to betting, others to the way the police deal with the crime of Indecent Exposure. She also says she believes that there are as yet unknown victims of
What triggered the blaze. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza says more than 100 people have been killed in a massacre at an aid distribution point. More than 750 others are reported to have been injured. Hamas has blamed israeli troops for opening fire. Israeli sources have confirmed shots were fired, having viewed the crowds near the aid lorries as a threat. Here, an inquiry has concluded that three Different Police forces could and should have stopped Sarah Everards murderer Wayne Couzens from ever becoming a serving officer. The Inquiry Chair says without significant reforms someone similar to couzens could be allowed to operate in the police in plain sight. President Vladimir Putin has said russias forces are advancing confidently in ukraine, two years after he ordered the full scale invasion. In his annual State Of The Nation Address in moscow, he portrayed the conflict as a struggle for russias sovereignty and security. Mr putin warned western governments against considering a
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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