LONDON — A British policeman has actually pleaded guilty to the abduct and rape of a female as she strolled house in south London and whose body was discovered a week later on in the woods.
A court at London’s Old Bailey heard Tuesday that Wayne Couzens, 48, accepted duty for the death of Sarah Everard though he was not asked to go into a plea to a charge of murder.
Members of Everard’s household beinged in court to witness the accused enter his pleas.
Medical reports about the Metropolitan Police officer, who appeared by video link from Belmarsh jail, are being prepared.
A more hearing prior to the judge, Adrian Fulford, will happen July 9.
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Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive, went missing out on as she strolled house from a buddy’s home in Clapham, south London, on March 3.
A significant authorities examination was introduced and her body was discovered a week later on in a forest in the county of Kent, more than 50 miles southeast of London.
Everard’s disappearance and killing triggered an across the country protest, with females sharing experiences of being threatened or assaulted — or merely dealing with the daily worry of violence when strolling alone.
The protest was plainly apparent throughout an unapproved vigil on Clapham Common on March 14 that had actually been prohibited due to the fact that of coronavirus limitations.
During the event, Metropolitan Police officers clinched numerous females and pulled them away in handcuffs to shouting and screaming from observers. The actions of the authorities were extensively condemned.
The Metropolitan Police force has actually revealed shock and scary at Everard’s killing.
Couzens joined its ranks in 2018 and had actually most just recently served in the parliamentary and diplomatic defense command, an armed system accountable for securing embassies in the capital and Parliament.
