good afternoon. a serving metropolitan police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. sarah, who was 33, disappeared whilst walking home in south london 10 days ago. her body was discovered in woodland in kent a week after she went missing. 48 year old wayne couzens appeared before magistrates this morning. as our correspondent, helena wilkinson, reports. arriving at westminster magistrates court this morning, pc wayne couzens believed to be in this police van. the 48 year old met police officer joined the force two years ago. today he appeared in the dock charges of kidnap and murder were formally put to him. it s ten days since sarah everard disappeared in south london. her body was found here in woodland, near ashford, in kent. extensive searches are continuing close to where her body was found. 13 miles away, the police officer s house in deal, in kent, is also a focus. and an old garage, in dover, where he used to work is b
good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. a serving metropolitan police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. sarah, who was 33, disappeared whilst walking home in south london 10 days ago. in south london ten days ago. her body was discovered in woodland, in kent, a week after she went missing. 48 year old wayne couzens appeared before magistrates this morning as our correspondent, helena wilkinson, reports. arriving at westminster magistrates court this morning, pc wayne couzens believed to be in this police van. the 48 year old met police officer joined the force two years ago. today he appeared in the dock charges of kidnap and murder were formally put to him. it s ten days since sarah everard disappeared in south london. her body was found here in woodland, near ashford, in kent. it was identified through hard dental records. extensive searches are continuing close to where her body was found. 13 miles away, the police o
hello and welcome to bbc news. we ll be getting more on all our top stories this afternoon, including tonight s doorstep vigilfor sarah everard, when we join the bbc one bulletin with clive myrie in a few minutes time. but first to the american city of minneapolis, and one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history $27 million to the family of george floyd. he s the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year. lawyers for his family say the city has agreed to settle in the civil case for damages. separately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family. but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. today marks the one year anniversary of the killing by police of breonna