UK UK - Sarah Everard, 33, London - Clapham Common area, 3 March 2021 *Arrests* #8

[Newthoughts]

I don't think IE is a serious enough offence to detain someone until trial.

Can be if necessary

 

[Sillybilly]

ADMIN NOTE:

Websleuths is in the USA, so this thread is closed for the night and will reopen in the morning.

I've made a note for Moderators to reopen the thread when they arrive on board.

 

[Otto Nix]

TODAY, 11:07
DETECTIVES SEARCH MAZE OF TUNNELS NEAR COP'S FAMILY GARAGE

Detectives probing Sarah Everard's disappearance have been searching a maze of tunnels near the Met police officer suspect's former family garage.

Teams of cops have been carrying out a major search on the cliffs of Dover, scouring miles of tunnels and old military fortifications for clues.

A disused garage that was run by the Couzens family until 2015 was among locations searched by cops at Dover, The Times reports.

Met Police officers searched an underground network of rooms and military fortifications at the cliffs near the Kent town's harbour.

The maze of tunnels, which date back to the 19th century, were used as a shelter during World War Two.

(https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14293126/sarah-everard-news-wayne-couzens-police-latest-exposure-live/)

 

[ScaryMcClary]

Phew- at least closing overnight has helped me to catch up.

Will be interested to see if they release any more details today. How much notice do they usually give about a press conference?

I’ve also seen that the Met have tried to ban the planned protest/vigil on Saturday which doesn't seem to be a very good reading of the strength of public feeling. JMO

 

[CocoChanel]

Thread has reopened.
Please heed the Terms of Service of Websleuths which are intentionally more strict than the rest of the interwebs. Failure to follow the rules which ALL agreed to when you joined will result in loss of posting privileges.
We thank you for your participation in accordance with the TOS.

Faithfully,
CocoChanel
Moderator

 

[smucklecrumble]

Police probe if Sarah Everard suspect linked to other crimes

Will be interesting to see what they may uncover

 

[PorfiryPetrovitch]

Open question to legal minds of WS:

Should WC be charged, would his Defence team look at using all the Trial by media and online comments which pretty much have declared WC guilty before being charged, even though we haven't seen any of the evidence? To say that their client has no chance of a fair trial. I'm not sure if that Defence has worked at all in the past.

As an example, there are many comments in this series of threads that talks about WC as though he is definitely guilty, without using the words 'allegedly' or 'suspect' etc. even though no one here has seen any of the evidence.

 

[ScaryMcClary]

This is interesting from the article linked above Police probe if Sarah Everard suspect linked to other crimes

“It is understood that the officers had carried out a number plate check on a vehicle after the offence was reported online and obtained the name of its owner. But they had yet to carry out an interview.”

 

[IainD]

First Post on this thread so apologies if this has been posted before, I'm not fully caught up yet.
They are saying not linked, but how many sexual deviants can be hanging around the same area on the same night?

I was targeted on the same night Sarah Everard went missing

 

[LeopardLeotard]

Been waiting for thread to reopen
Photos on a better phone than the potato I was using, police van moved up to entrance to field on freeman's at 8.30 am, they are searching behind house not entire field just directly behind taking photos etc

 

[jackpneedham]

Police search military tunnels near family garage of Sarah Everard murder suspect cop | Daily Mail Online

Interesting bit of background info on WC.

MailOnline can reveal that Couzens had his first armed police job protecting Dungeness Nuclear Power station as part of Britain's Strategic Escort Group.

It saw him equipped with a Heckler & Koch G36 rifle as he accompanied nuclear material being transported around the country by road, rail or sea.

But the prestige role came to an abrupt end when he suddenly failed his yearly fitness test. It meant he was effectively demoted to guarding the power station building with the travel halted.

 

[89leanne89]

I wonder if today will be the day we hear of charges?

 

[juniper6]

Exposed himself/IE ...same thing though? What are you saying is new here?

The wording MSM was using. It was more about an investigation of an IE allegedly involving WC to the confirmation that it was him and he exposed himself.

 

[SpursGyal]

Police probe if Sarah Everard suspect linked to other crimes

Will be interesting to see what they may uncover

I think we were all expecting this. Doesn't make it any less shocking.

 

[Sunshine1999]

The Metro are reporting that he’d had time off sick and was behaving erratically in recent time. I hope they aren’t going to try and blame this on mental health issues!
Cop suspect 'flashed woman in takeaway three days before Sarah Everard vanished'

 

[LeopardLeotard]

We have had atrocious weather today hail stones and wind I do feel for them out there
A close up bedroom window, curtains disturbed today

 

[Biadee]

Open question to legal minds of WS:

Should WC be charged, would his Defence team look at using all the Trial by media and online comments which pretty much have declared WC guilty before being charged, even though we haven't seen any of the evidence? To say that their client has no chance of a fair trial. I'm not sure if that Defence has worked at all in the past.

As an example, there are many comments in this series of threads that talks about WC as though he is definitely guilty, without using the words 'allegedly' or 'suspect' etc. even though no one here has seen any of the evidence.

I also wonder about the clear discussion as though he is guilty - but with no disrespect to this website which I think is fantastic, I don’t think it’s mainstream enough for that to be enough for him to be deemed unable to have a fair trial.

the mainstream media is another thing entirely. However it would take something fairly extreme for him to not be tried at all in my opinion. The court can take measures to mitigate the impact of the media coverage, such as in instruction to the jury, but I don’t think we are in the realms of WC being unable to be tried at all due to the coverage.

ETA I’m not a criminal lawyer. A lawyer but not in this field, this is just from reading I have done about this in the past.

 

[Otto Nix]

Re: tunnels, I could only find this map that is apparently redrawn from 19th century maps. Picture was low quality so I added notes to show where it is. It seems to align with this from the Times(paywall unless subscribe for free month)…

Metropolitan Police officers examined the entrance to a network of tunnels and a deep shelter running underneath the garage. The entrance is blocked with a metal gate with a new padlock. The tunnels are part of 19th-century ammunition magazine that was extended into a shelter during the Second World War. They also began searching a gun emplacement — St Martin’s Battery — directly in front of the garage.

Map source: Subterranean History: Western Heights, Dover

 

[SpursGyal]

I wonder if today will be the day we hear of charges?

I suspect they will run down the clock especially if they have found more to talk to him about. I think we are looking at Late Saturday/Sunday Morning.

 

[VicBlazey]

Been waiting for thread to reopen
Photos on a better phone than the potato I was using, police van moved up to entrance to field on freeman's at 8.30 am, they are searching behind house not entire field just directly behind taking photos etcView attachment 288346 View attachment 288347

Possibility of him depositing something over fence to collect and dispose of later?
MOO