Personal safety app for women that ‘shouldn’t have to exist’ sees a surge in downloads following the murder of Sarah Everard in London The app, called WalkSafe, has had 300,000 downloads within the past week This saw it go to the top spot of free apps on iOS and top ten for Android apps It … Read more
A top Met Police boss has today defended the actions of officers at the Sarah Everard vigil saying they were ‘doing their duty’, amid accusations of heavy-handedness. Deputy Commissioner Sir Stephen House claimed police had faced abuse after asking crowds to disperse from Saturday’s memorial event at Clapham Common. And he refused to apologise on behalf … Read more
March 3: Sarah disappeared after leaving friend’s home Clapham around 9pm. She leaves out of her friend’s back gate and speaks to her boyfriend on the phone for 15 minutes. March 5: Sarah’s family share missing posters of her after they become increasingly concerned that she is still not home, spreading the word online with … Read more
The sickening message allegedly sent by a rookie policeman joking about Sarah Everard’s murder emerged yesterday. The probationary officer, aged around 22, is said to have sent the ‘meme’ – a shared joke image – to seven colleagues as he manned a cordon in woods near Ashford, Kent, where the 33-year-old’s body was found. It shows … Read more
A police officer charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard faces a four-week trial at the Old Bailey. Pc Wayne Couzens, 48, is accused of snatching the 33-year-old marketing executive as she walked home from a friend’s flat in Clapham, south London, on the evening of March 3. Couzens appeared via video link for … Read more
A police federation chief has defended the actions of officers at the vigil for Sarah Everard and claimed the event had been ‘hijacked’ by Antifa, Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion protesters. Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said that 90 per cent of those at the Clapham Common vigil on Saturday had … Read more
A police officer guarding the Sarah Everard murder scene allegedly sent inappropriate WhatsApp messages to colleagues about her killing. A probationary Met police constable, who had been deployed as a cordon officer supporting the search operation in Kent, is said to have shared an ‘inappropriate graphic’ on social media with some colleagues. Horrified fellow officers … Read more
‘This is no longer a vigil’: Moment police warn attendees at overcrowded Sarah Everard gathering on Clapham Common that they needed to leave – as event descended into chaos Metropolitan Police are facing questions over handling of the Sarah Everard vigil Officers filmed pushing mourners and arresting women at Clapham Common A liaison officer was … Read more
Some were young women all too conscious it could have been them. Others were mothers fearful for their daughters’ safety. All wanted to pay tribute to 33-year-old Sarah Everard. But a vigil for the marketing manager at Clapham Common, south London, on Saturday descended into chaos as police officers tried to enforce Covid rules on … Read more
On Saturday I struggled with my conscience. Should I make the journey across London to join a peaceful vigil to express my horror at the murder of Sarah Everard and join hundreds of other women who, like me, have long experience of being harassed in the street and have feared sexual violence? In the end, … Read more