{"id":18294,"date":"2021-03-13T11:10:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18294"},"modified":"2021-03-13T11:10:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:10:21","slug":"sarah-everard-wayne-couzens-appears-in-court-charged-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/03\/13\/sarah-everard-wayne-couzens-appears-in-court-charged-with-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Everard: Wayne Couzens appears in court charged with murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">A Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Wayne Couzens, 48, was arrested on Tuesday after the 33-year-old disappeared when walking home to Brixton from Clapham in south London last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Ms Everard&#8217;s body was found in an area of woodland in Ashford, Kent, Westminster Magistrates Court heard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Couzens wore a grey tracksuit as he appeared for the brief hearing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>He appeared to have a red wound on his head and spoke quietly when asked to confirm his name, date of birth and address.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-london-56361779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Everard murder case: What happens next?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring remanded him in custody to appear again at the Old Bailey on 16 March.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18284\" style=\"width: 572px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Sarah-Everard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18284\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Sarah-Everard.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Everard\" width=\"572\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Sarah-Everard.jpg 572w, https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Sarah-Everard-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Everard has been described as &#8220;beautiful, thoughtful and incredibly kind&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The court heard the officer, of Deal, Kent, is accused of kidnapping Ms Everard in the Poynders Road area of Clapham.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Prosecutor Zoe Martin said Ms Everard was reported missing by her boyfriend on 4 March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>She had visited a friend in the Clapham Junction area on 3 March and left at around 21:00 to make what was roughly a 2.5 mile (4 km) journey home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>She called her boyfriend for around 14 minutes, and was seen alone on CCTV at 21:15 GMT and again on a camera at 21:38, Ms Martin said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Her body was found on Wednesday inside a builder&#8217;s bag and later identified through the use of dental records, the hearing was told.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>A post-mortem examination has taken place but no cause of death was given in court.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Couzens joined the Metropolitan Police in 2018, most recently serving in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, an armed unit responsible for guarding the Parliamentary estate and embassies in London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>His main job was uniformed patrol of diplomatic buildings and Scotland Yard said he was not on duty at the time of Ms Everard&#8217;s disappearance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>He was taken to hospital for a second time in 48 hours on Friday for treatment to another head injury suffered in custody, before he was discharged and returned to a police station.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Couzens was previously treated in hospital for a separate head wound on Thursday, also sustained in custody when he was alone in his cell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Meanwhile, police in dry suits were seen continuing to search around the area where Ms Everard&#8217;s body was found near Ashford on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-london-56385657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard. 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