Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has said Wayne Couzens’ crimes have “brought shame” on the force – adding she is “so sorry” he was able to use his “position of trust” to “deceive” Sarah Everard before murdering her. Dame Cressida issued the statement amid calls for her to resign after it emerged former Met
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An officer who strangled Sarah Everard with his police belt after kidnapping her under the guise of a fake arrest will die in jail. Wayne Couzens, 48, was handed a whole life order for the “grotesque” killing of the 33-year-old marketing executive which shocked and outraged the nation. Sentencing at the Old Bailey on Thursday,
The police officer who kidnapped Sarah Everard before raping and strangling her could be handed a whole life order when he is sentenced later today. Wayne Couzens, 48, used his Metropolitan Police-issue warrant card and handcuffs to abduct the 33-year-old marketing executive as she walked home from a friend’s house in Clapham, south London, on
Sarah Everard’s family have said their feeling of loss “is so great it is visceral”. Police officer Wayne Couzens used COVID-19 lockdown regulations to kidnap Ms Everard in a false arrest before he raped and strangled her and then burned her body, a court has heard. In statements read at the Old Bailey, her parents
The UK has recorded 34,526 new COVID cases and 167 more coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, according to government data. The figures compare with 37,960 infections and 40 fatalities reported on Monday, while 31,564 cases and 203 deaths were announced this time last week. There are currently 7,000 COVID patients in hospital. Meanwhile,
Former police officer Wayne Couzens is due to appear in court today as he faces sentencing for the murder of Sarah Everard. Couzens kidnapped, raped and killed the 33-year-old marketing executive, whose death sparked outrage and protests at the rates of violence against women. Ms Everard disappeared as she walked home from a friend’s house
A 36-year-old man has been charged with the murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa. Koci Selamaj, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, was arrested in the seaside town in the early hours of Sunday, and a light-coloured Nissan Micra was seized in a residential street around half a mile away. He will appear before Willesden Magistrates’
Four people found in a house in Killamarsh died as a result of a “violent attack” at a sleepover, an inquest has heard. John Paul Bennett, 13, Lacey Bennett, 11, their mother Terri Harris, 35, and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent, 11, were killed at a home in Derbyshire on 19 September. Damien Bendall, 31, has
Lewis Hamilton has spoken of the “magical moment” of winning his 100th Formula One race at Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix. Hamilton, 36, used his driving and overtaking skills, and his strategic thinking in the rain, to fight back from seventh place on the first lap to a landmark victory. He is the first driver to
Detectives investigating the murder of teacher Sabina Nessa have arrested a 38-year-old man in what Scotland Yard said was a “significant development”. The suspect was detained by police on suspicion of murder at around 3am on Sunday at an address in East Sussex. Ms Nessa had been on her way to meet a friend at
Up to 4,000 people will be trained up as new HGV drivers as part of a package of measures that will help tackle the driver shortage, the government has announced. The government is looking to ease the pressures currently faced by the supply chain, which has seen people queueing for petrol and shops struggle to
A book of condolence has been opened at a community centre near to where Sabina Nessa lived and was killed. A steady stream of local people have been arriving to pay their respects to the primary school teacher. The 28-year-old woman had been walking to meet a friend at a nearby pub when she was
The family of murdered primary school teacher Sabina Nessa have said they are “shattered” by her death – as mourners gathered for a vigil held in her memory. The memorial is being held in Cator Park, where the 28-year-old was attacked as she walked to meet a friend at a pub near her home in
Two 14-year-old boys have been sentenced to 13 years and 12 years respectively in a young offenders institution for murdering an autistic boy. Olly Stephens, 13, was lured to Bugs Bottom field near his home in Emmer Green, Reading, on 3 January, and stabbed to death. It was said during the trial that the younger
Big businesses including BT, Thames Water and the Co-op have called on the government to phase out gas power by 2035, in a week when spiralling gas import prices have left the UK grappling with enormous price hikes. In a letter shared exclusively with Sky News, the household names told ministers “the time is right
Teacher Sabina Nessa is thought to have been murdered during a five-minute walk to meet a friend in a pub, police have said. The 28-year-old never arrived and is believed to have been attacked in Cator Park in southeast London. Ms Nessa, who taught at Rushey Green Primary School, left her home in Astell Road,
A high court judgement is expected later that could prevent unborn babies with disabilities, including Down’s syndrome, being aborted after 24 weeks. A 26-year-old with Downs’ syndrome is among those who brought the case that is seeking to overturn the current Abortion Act that allows parents to terminate pregnancies where there is a severe foetal
A man has been charged with the murders of a mother, her two children and their friend, who were killed during a sleepover at a home in Killamarsh, Derbyshire. Police said Damien Bendall, 31, had been charged with the murders of Terri Harris, 35, her children John Paul Bennett, 13, and Lacey Bennett, 11, and
A man who was arrested after four people were found dead in a house in Killamarsh was taken to hospital with self-inflicted injuries. The 31-year-old was arrested with minor injuries after the bodies of John Paul Bennett, 13, Lacey Bennett, 11, their mother Terri Harris, 35, and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent, 11, were found in
Britain has named and charged a third Russian military intelligence officer over the Salisbury spy poisonings, in a significant development that will enrage Russia. Police said Denis Sergeev – who used the alias Sergey Fedotov – is wanted in connection with the attempted assassination of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with