A Metropolitan Police officer has pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard in London, England.
In March, Everard went missing after walking home at night from a friend’s house in the city's south.
The 33-year-old marketing executive’s body was found a week later in woodland near Kent. Her death prompted an outpouring of emotion and sparked the ugly scenes during a vigil in Clapham Common when police officers grabbed women and lead them away in handcuffs.
In a London court, the Old Bailey, Wayne Couzens appeared via video link from inside a south-east London prison where he admitted to the kidnap and rape of Everard. All this while Everard’s family were in court listening.
The court also heard the 48-year-old former police constable accepts responsibility for her killing but no plea was entered, pending medical reports ahead of another hearing early next month.
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