‘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
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
Sarah Everard police seal off new wooded area in Sandwich, Kent, as they continue carrying out searches in relation to her murder Police investigating Sarah Everard’s murder cordon off area in Sandwich, Kent Body of missing 33-year-old was found in Great Chart, near Ashford Wednesday Serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens, 48, has been charged with … Read more
The Metropolitan Police today deleted a tweet remembering officers who died during their service as the force faces outrage over its manhandling of screaming women at a vigil to mourn the death of Sarah Everard. The force had tweeted this morning to commemorate the death of officer Anthony Haines, who died after his police car … Read more
Met Police officers shoved women, pinned protestors to the ground and ‘elbowed people in their faces’ at a vigil to mourn the death of Sarah Everard. A crowd of around 1,500 people gathered at Clapham Common in south London to remember the 33-year-old marketing executive. But scuffles broke out as police surrounded a bandstand covered in … Read more
Ministers were facing mounting fury today over a draconian new anti-protest law that would hand police greater powers to break up events like the Sarah Everard vigil. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will allow officers to intervene in events that are deemed to have caused ‘serious unease, alarm or distress’. The new legislation, … Read more
The woman who was pictured being pinned to the floor by police officers at the vigil for Sarah Everard has called for another protest to take place tomorrow. Patsy Stevenson, who was pictured being held on the floor by police at the vigil, said she attended the gathering in Clapham Common yesterday in support of … Read more
Calls for Cressida Dick to resign have been growing after police manhandled screaming women in extraordinary clashes with demonstrators at a vigil to mourn the death of Sarah Everard. A crowd of around 1,500 people gathered at Clapham Common in south London to remember the 33-year-old marketing executive, but scuffles broke out as police surrounded a … Read more