Wayne Couzens appears in court over murder and kidnap of Sarah Everard
13 March 2021
The body of Sarah Everard was found inside a large builder’s bag, a court has heard.
Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens appeared before Westminster Magistrates charged with the kidnap and murder of the 33-year-old.
Everard, a marketing executive who lived in Brixton,
South London, went missing while walking home from a friend’s flat on 3 March.
Her body was discovered in the bag in woodland, in Ashford,
Kent, on Wednesday, magistrates were told.
Couzens, 48, arrived at the court at 10am on Saturday morning in a large blue police van, stepping into the dock around 10.30am. He wore a grey tracksuit and appeared to have a red wound on the top of his forehead.
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He spoke only to confirm his name and personal details, sitting between two plain-clothes officers in the dock and leaning forward for most of the hearing.
He did not indicate a plea and was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.