Mr Little said Couzens was familiar with coronavirus regulations and may have used lockdown rules to falsely detain Ms Everard.
The prosecution argued that the crime was so serious a whole life sentence should be consideredĠ:55 'Sarah Everard was handcuffed before abduction'Ĭouzens, then a serving diplomatic protection officer, handcuffed her at about 9.34pm after showing her his warrant card, the court heard.Evidence including a fragment of a SIM card and a blood stain in Couzens' car linked him to the crimes.Statements read by Ms Everard's family, in which they said she had been "fly tipped.The 33-year-old marketing executive, who lived in Brixton, south London, was strangled with Couzens' police belt by 2.30am the following morning.Ĭouzens then burned her body in a refrigerator in an area of woodland he owned near Ashford, Kent, before dumping the remains in a nearby pond.ĭays later, amid extensive publicity about Ms Everard's disappearance, Couzens took his wife and children on a day out to the woods, allowing the youngsters to play close by.Ĭouzens was at the Old Bailey for a two-day sentencing hearing.
The firearms officer, who had finished a 12-hour shift at the US Embassy that morning, drove to a remote rural area northwest of Dover in Kent, where he parked up and raped Ms Everard. Image: Couzens appeared to hold something out to Ms Everard
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