GUILTY UK - Sarah Everard, 33, London, Clapham Common area, 3 Mar 2021 *Awaiting Sentencing*, #15

[Ched]

Mr Little told the Old Bailey: "In relation to finances at the material time his bank accounts were generally overdrawn only being brought into credit for short periods either by wages paid in and/or the use of short term payday loans.

"He had a total debt of just under £29,000 with a number of financial institutions, which were the subject of a debt management plan agreed in Oct 2020 with a debt management company, Payplan, with agreed monthly repayments of £235.

"As at March 2021, the defendant also had a credit card account with NatWest which was in debt (£3460.70); and a PayPal credit card account which was also in debt (£1580.27); both of which had debt payment plans in place to make minimum monthly payments."
Sarah Everard: Former Met officer Wayne Couzens to be sentenced for murder

 

[Mrs Marple]

So he has been charged with deception, not sure l picked up on that before- sounds like he did use his trusted position to lure her into a sense of false security at least.

 

[LucyRocket]

Our reporter says that Couzens is sitting in the dock with his head bowed.

Live updates as Wayne Couzens sentenced at Old Bailey for Sarah Everard's murder

 

[LucyRocket]

From Ched's link above


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Wayne Couzens, a former Met Police officer, worked on COVID patrols. Prosecution says he was “aware of the regulations, and what language to use to those who may have breached them. He was to use that knowledge to kidnap Sarah.”

As many here suspected

 

[Ched]

Sorry I don’t know if you had these bits earlier


The sexual predator, who had clocked off from a 12-hour shift that morning, went on to rape and strangle the 33-year-old marketing executive.
The firearms-trained parliamentary and diplomatic protection officer wiped his phone just minutes before he was arrested at his home in Deal, Kent, on March 9.
Sarah Everard: Former Met officer Wayne Couzens to be sentenced for murder

 

[LucyRocket]

.........and eyes closed.

Live updates as Wayne Couzens sentenced at Old Bailey for Sarah Everard's murder

 

[Ched]

In Feb 2020, the defendant began working for the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command (PaDP), as an Authorised Firearms Officer (AFO), working at various diplomatic premises around Central London.

He was issued with a number of items of police uniform and equipment, including body armour and a set of rigid handcuffs (with a unique serial number 47181).

The defendant was part of a 14-PC team within the PaDP Command, based at Lillie Road, West Brompton.

During the latter part of 2020, he was not able to carry a firearm and had undertaken office-based work for several months, as a result of having sustained a finger injury in July 2020, which he told work colleagues had been caused during a drilling accident.

He was assessed as being fit for full duties in December 2020, and was due to return to Team A in January 2021. Sarah Everard: Former Met officer Wayne Couzens to be sentenced for murder

 

[Seattle1]

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Wayne Couzens told his family that he was working the night of 3rd March 2021. He was not, this was a lie. (This is the night he kidnapped Sarah Everard)

2:36 AM · Sep 29, 2021

On 28th Feb Couzens booked a hire car online from Enterprise minutes later he ordered a 600mm x 100m roll of self-adhesive carpet protector film from Amazon. Prosecution say these were used in the attack

2:34 AM · Sep 29, 2021·

 

[LucyRocket]

The prosecutor told the court: "It was widely summarized in social media as 'she was only walking home'. That is true.

"Sarah Everard was only walking home when she was taken off the street from her family, friends, and colleagues by the defendant on the evening of March 3.

"However these five words do not fairly or completely begin to describe what happened to her and her body at the hands of the defendant in the house and days that followed her kidnap."

Live updates as Wayne Couzens sentenced at Old Bailey for Sarah Everard's murder


I had a panic when I read that, then realised it must be a typo and meant to say 'hours' surely

 

[Seattle1]

[URL='https://twitter.com/CourtNewsUK']CourtNewsUK@CourtNewsUK[/URL]
Cop hired car to abduct Sarah Everard and pretended to arrest her before she was raped and murdered https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/cop-raped-and-murdered-sarah-everard-then-burnt-her-body/…


2:33 AM · Sep 29, 2021·

 

[proclee]

The prosecutor told the court: "It was widely summarized in social media as 'she was only walking home'. That is true.

"Sarah Everard was only walking home when she was taken off the street from her family, friends, and colleagues by the defendant on the evening of March 3.

"However these five words do not fairly or completely begin to describe what happened to her and her body at the hands of the defendant in the house and days that followed her kidnap."

Live updates as Wayne Couzens sentenced at Old Bailey for Sarah Everard's murder


I had a panic when I read that, then realised it must be a typo and meant to say 'hours' surely

I was about to say the same thing, I had to read a couple of times to realise it must of been a typo

 

[Alyce]

Wayne Couzens handcuffed and 'arrested' Sarah Everard, court hears

Prosecutor Tom Little tells the Old Bailey that Sarah Everard was "arrested" by Wayne Couzens who handcuffed her after showing his warrant card.

The court hears that Couzens' own Seat car was in a bad condition and he hired a vehicle from Dover which he used in the abduction.

A CCTV image is shown in court of Couzens walking in Dover where he collected the hire car.

Separate CCTV footage from the car hire firm shows Couzens - wearing a cap and face mask - standing at the door talking to a member at the door.



Wayne Couzens sentencing live: Sarah Everard's killer in court for her kidnap, rape and murder

 

[Ched]

The Crown is now briefing the court on Couzens' work equipment.

Mr Little said: "It was not unusual for officers on PaDP to take personal protective and other equipment (including body armour and handcuffs) home with them from the Lillie Road base - they were required to undertake frequent training, at a number of different locations, to which they would travel directly.

"For convenience, they would often take home the kit needed.


Two members of the public had independently noticed seeing the defendant when he was not on duty wearing his Police belt with handcuffs and a rectangular black pouch (similar to a pepper spray holder) attached to it (whilst out in Deal walking his dog; and when attending a local computer hardware repair shop in the town).

"This is the type of equipment that it can be inferred that the defendant was wearing when he kidnapped Sarah Everard.

"It is instructive that in relation to the incident in the repair shop that when the owner asked the defendant jokingly if he was "into kinky stuff" when he referred to the handcuffs that were visible on the defendant’s belt. The defendant said "I am an undercover police officer".

"As he said that the defendant chuckled but then opened his jacket a little more to reveal his Police issue kit." Sarah Everard: Former Met officer Wayne Couzens to be sentenced for murder

 

[juniper6]

So he has been charged with deception, not sure l picked up on that before- sounds like he did use his trusted position to lure her into a sense of false security at least.

Yes. They also pointed out that he worked Covid patrols so he knew the language to use when addressing people who broke Covid regulations. At the time we weren’t allowed to be in anyones home or travelling for exercise.

 

[Sherlockhames]

I have no words. Not sure I want to hear any more.
But I cannot see any conceivable mitigation here that his barrister can offer that will get him off a whole life tariff.
This was not a spur of the moment attack as I had always somehow prayed it was - and that he had got into something a bit too deep. This is properly depraved.
There really are sickos like this waking amongst us (no longer sub-judice so no need to hold back on language to describe him now)

 

[tedtink]

The prosecutor told the court: "It was widely summarized in social media as 'she was only walking home'. That is true.

"Sarah Everard was only walking home when she was taken off the street from her family, friends, and colleagues by the defendant on the evening of March 3.

"However these five words do not fairly or completely begin to describe what happened to her and her body at the hands of the defendant in the house and days that followed her kidnap."

Live updates as Wayne Couzens sentenced at Old Bailey for Sarah Everard's murder


I had a panic when I read that, then realised it must be a typo and meant to say 'hours' surely

"In the house"?

 

[LucyRocket]

Wayne Couzens handcuffed and 'arrested' Sarah Everard, court hears

Prosecutor Tom Little tells the Old Bailey that Sarah Everard was "arrested" by Wayne Couzens who handcuffed her after showing his warrant card.

The court hears that Couzens' own Seat car was in a bad condition and he hired a vehicle from Dover which he used in the abduction.

A CCTV image is shown in court of Couzens walking in Dover where he collected the hire car.

Separate CCTV footage from the car hire firm shows Couzens - wearing a cap and face mask - standing at the door talking to a member at the door.



Wayne Couzens sentencing live: Sarah Everard's killer in court for her kidnap, rape and murder

 

[Ched]

In early February 2021, the defendant was in contact with an escort with username "escourtbabygirl" through the Adult Work Escort Service. Sarah Everard: Former Met officer Wayne Couzens to be sentenced for murder

 

[proclee]

I have no words. Not sure I want to hear any more.
But I cannot see any conceivable mitigation here that his barrister can offer that will get him off a while life tariff.
This was not a spur of the moment attack as I had always someone prayed it was.
There really are sickos like this waking amongst us (no longer sub-judice so no need to hold back on language to describe him now)

The more we read the more we are seeing the weeks of planning that went into it. He was out to find someone that night and if it hadn’t been Sarah it would of been any other lone female he came across, that’s such a stark horrifying realisation (even though it’s something we already knew).

 

[juniper6]

"In the house"?

I think it’s an unfortunate misprint. Should be hours but I’m sure we will find out more.