Sarah Everard was falsely arrested by police officer who murdered her, prosecutor says
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London — The British police officer who killed Sarah Everard handcuffed her "by fraud," prosecutor Tom Little argued before a U.K. court on Wednesday. Wayne Couzens has pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and murdering the 33-year-old marketing executive, and is due to be sentenced on Thursday.
"His movements were consistent with the defendant looking for, or hunting, for a lone young female to kidnap and rape, which is precisely what he did," Little said.
The prosecution argued that Couzens, who was off duty at the time he detained Everard, was likely wearing his police belt, and that he showed her his police warrant card in order to detain her. The prosecution argued Everard was vulnerable to his plot because she had gone to dinner at a friend's house despite lockdown rules in place at the time, which were often enforced by police.
