What Sarah Everard’s murder means for the Metropolitan Police
Her killer is sentenced as the handling of violence against women is already under scrutiny
SENTENCING WAYNE COUZENS on September 30th for the murder of Sarah Everard, Lord Justice Fulford said that he would spend the rest of his life in prison because he was a police officer, and because he had abused that position to abduct Ms Everard. If the public consent upon which authority of the police relies was undermined, the judge wrote, “one of the enduring safeguards of law and order in this country is inevitably jeopardised”.
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Britain October 9th 2021
- Wages are rising in Britain, but so are prices and taxes
- The government wants to boost British startups through immigration
- What Sarah Everard’s murder means for the Metropolitan Police
- Britain’s welfare state offers little protection for workers
- The lamps are going out all over Britain
- Britain’s trees are being felled by diseases
- The Tories are deadly serious about levelling up
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