A top Met Police boss has today defended the actions of officers at the Sarah Everard vigil saying they were ‘doing their duty’ amid accusations of heavy-handedness. Deputy Commissioner Sir Stephen House said Saturday’s Clapham Common memorial event had complied with Covid rules during the day, but had became ‘compacted’ in the evening. He said … Read more
March 3: Sarah disappeared after leaving friend’s home Clapham around 9pm. She leaves out of her friend’s back gate and speaks to her boyfriend on the phone for 15 minutes. March 5: Sarah’s family share missing posters of her after they become increasingly concerned that she is still not home, spreading the word online with … Read more
March 3: Sarah disappeared after leaving friend’s home Clapham around 9pm. She leaves out of her friend’s back gate and speaks to her boyfriend on the phone for 15 minutes. March 5: Sarah’s family share missing posters of her after they become increasingly concerned that she is still not home, spreading the word online with … Read more
The sickening message allegedly sent by a rookie policeman joking about Sarah Everard’s murder emerged yesterday. The probationary officer, aged around 22, is said to have sent the ‘meme’ – a shared joke image – to seven colleagues as he manned a cordon in woods near Ashford, Kent, where the 33-year-old’s body was found. It shows … Read more
Nadia Sawalha has revealed she was sexually assaulted when she was just 10 years old. The Loose Women star, 56, emotionally detailed when a man ‘followed’ her off a bus, ‘pushed her against a bench’ and ‘put his hand up her skirt’ – an ordeal which has still left her scared to go out ‘in … Read more
Police investigating the murder of Sarah Everard have begun a second day searching in Sandwich, Kent, for her missing mobile phone – this time in the network of drains below the town. Forensic officers and police divers first arrived in the tourist spot yesterday and took away a gold necklace for evaluation as they scoured … Read more
A young woman claims police ignored her pleas for help after a man exposed himself to her as she walked home from the vigil for Sarah Everard. Georgina Ashby attended Saturday night’s vigil on Clapham Common, held in memory of 33-year-old Ms Everard. But when Ms Ashby walked to her home nearby after being told … Read more
A police officer charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard faces a four-week trial at the Old Bailey. Pc Wayne Couzens, 48, is accused of snatching the 33-year-old marketing executive as she walked home from a friend’s flat in Clapham, south London, on the evening of March 3. Couzens appeared via video link for … Read more
A police officer charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard will appear at the Old Bailey today. Pc Wayne Couzens, 48, is accused of snatching the 33-year-old marketing executive as she walked home from a friend’s flat in Clapham, south London, on the evening of March 3. Ms Everard’s boyfriend reported her missing … Read more
A police federation chief has defended the actions of officers at the vigil for Sarah Everard and claimed the event had been ‘hijacked’ by Antifa, Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion protesters. Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said that 90 per cent of those at the Clapham Common vigil on Saturday had … Read more