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Published 11:21 29 Sept 2021 BST
Updated 11:55 29 Sept 2021 BST
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Wayne Couzens handcuffed and arrested Sarah Everard on a fake Covid patrol before he raped and murdered her, a court heard on Wednesday.
Couzens, an armed protection officer, snatched Everard off the street as she walked home in Clapham, south London, on the evening of March 3 in an attack that ignited protests around violence against women. The 48-year-old, who has since been dismissed from the force, then drove Everard to Kent where he raped and murdered the 33-year-old marketing executive, before burning her body in an attempt to hide his crimes. He was arrested on March 9 and admitted charges of kidnap, rape and murder in July.Opening a two-day sentencing hearing at London's Old Bailey, Tom Little QC said Couzens, who was a serving Met police officer at the time, got Everard into a car he had hired “by handcuffing her as well as showing her his warrant card”.
Little said: “He was to burn Sarah Everard’s body after he murdered her. He then moved her body in green bags that he had purchased specifically for that task.”