A British police officer has pleaded guilty to murdering a 33-year-old woman who was abducted as she walked home from a friend’s house in south London.
Sarah Everard, a marketing executive who went missing on March 3. Couzens entered a guilty plea to murder on Friday, local time, during a hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court, appearing by video link from Belmarsh high-security prison.A major police investigation was launched after Everhard’s disappearance. Her body was found a week later in woodland more than 80 kilometres south-east of London.
Prosecutor Tom Little said Couzens abducted Everard, a complete stranger, in a rented car hours after he finished a 12-hour policing shift. Her body was found in woods close to a piece of land owned by Couzens. Despite his guilty plea, prosecutors said Couzens has not revealed where he raped and killed Everard.
“We still do not know what drove him to commit this appalling crime against a stranger,” said Carolyn Oakley of the Crown Prosecution Service.“Today is not the day for hearing the facts about what happened to Sarah. Today is a day to remember Sarah, and our thoughts remain with her family and friends.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said she had told Everard’s family “how very sorry I’m am for their loss, for their pain and their suffering”. “All of us in the Met are sickened, angered and devastated by this man’s truly dreadful crimes,” she said. “Everyone in policing feels betrayed.”
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