Explained: Who Was Sarah Everard And Why Are Britons Angry At The Police Force?

<p>Sarah Everard Case: The United Kingdom is once again embroiled in a different controversy, and the latest being disappearance and death of a 33-year-old marketing executive known as Sarah Everard from South London followed by the arrest of a police officer accused of murdering her.</p> <p>The incident has boiled over with Londoners staging massive protest in view of violence against women and hundreds of protesters joined a new vigil for Sarah Everard on Monday, despite the home secretary warning against such gatherings. Also Read: <a href="https://ift.tt/3eJxh0k Shots Paused In European Countries; WHO Says It's Safe</a></p> <p>Expressing concern about Everard and her family, Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted, &ldquo;I cannot imagine how unbearable their pain and grief is. We must work fast to find all the answers to this horrifying crime,&rdquo; adding, &ldquo;I will do everything I can to make sure the streets are safe and ensure women and girls do not face harassment or abuse.&rdquo;</p> <p>Johnson and his fianc&eacute;e Carrie Symonds also lit a candle on Saturday in tribute to Everard along with the Scotland&rsquo;s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Wales&rsquo;s First Minister Mark Drakeford also insisted that people should &ldquo;ignite a fire for change&rdquo;.</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1370805999490203654?s=20[/tw]</p> <p><strong>Who&rsquo;s Sarah Everard and the reason behind the massive outcry?</strong></p> <p>Sarah Everard was a 33-year-old marketing executive from South London who disappeared while walking home to Brixton after visiting a friend in Clapham.&nbsp; The location is just 50 minutes away from the destination.</p> <p>As per the BBC report, on March 3, Everard left Clapham at 9 PM and have walked through Clapham Common, a large park. On her way back home she spoke to her boyfriend on her mobile phone for around 15 minutes, and was last spotted in the footage of a doorbell camera at 9:28 PM.</p> <p>On the next day, Everard&rsquo;s boyfriend reached out to the police saying she went missing. The police then starting looking for public help to find her whereabouts, and later tweeted to track information from Londoners.</p> <p>On March 10, the police discovered bodily remains in a wooded area of Ashford town in Kent, and on March 12 it was confirmed that the body belonged to Everard after analysing the dental records.</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/LambethMPS/status/1368080599731363841?s=20[/tw]</p> <p><strong>Who is Wayne Couzens, the main accused who has been arrested?</strong></p> <p>The police made two arrests within a week on March 9. The first was made of a 48-year-old police constable, Wayne Couzens, on suspicion of kidnapping, along with the second person who is a woman in her 30s on suspicion of assisting the offender.</p> <p>Metropolitan Police Officer Wayne Couzens, 48, has been charged with the murder and will appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court on Saturday, the BBC reported.</p> <p>On March 12, Couzens was charged with the kidnapping and murder after authorisation from the Crown Prosecution Service. The accused appeared before a magistrate&rsquo;s court on March 13 and has been remanded in custody. He will brought before the Central Criminal Court (also called Old Bailey) on Tuesday (March 16).</p> <p>Couzens has been with the Met for two years and first posted in South London, but has een recently serving in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command. It is the unit in charge with ptotection of UK&rsquo;s Parliamentary estate and embassies in London. &nbsp;Infact, the police also verified that Couzens had not been on duty at the time of Everard&rsquo;s disappearance.</p> <p>The accused is found to be a suspect in a separate incident related to indecent exposure in which the police watchdog is now investigating.</p>