Couzens used his police ID to carry out a fake Covid arrest, cuffed the 33-year-old in his car and then strangled her using his police belt. He took Sarah Everard's mobile telephone from her and removed the Sim card. An image of Miss Everard was captured by a doorbell camera on a house along the road at around 9.30pm. Couzens stood with his head bowed throughout the sentencing hearing and did not look up as he was ordered by the judge to stand. Josh Lowth came into the limelight because of his relationship with Sarah Everard, who mysteriously vanished during a phone call with him. An insider told the Times that investigators were yesterday searching through electronic devices and social media messages to determine whether Couzens and Miss Everard were known to each other. He said: 'There is very little evidence he drove from Kent to London with murder on his mind', arguing he bought the items to dispose of the body after she was strangled to death with his police-issue belt, adding: 'Nothing I say today is at all intended to minimise the horror of what Couzens did' and thatCouzens 'makes no excuses'. Specialist divers and officers with sniffer dogs were seen looking in ponds in nearby Agnes Riley Gardens. I saw him in handcuffs being put in the back of an unmarked silver car. Police have not released this image, but it is believed to be the last time she was sighted. This just sounds crazy to me.'. Described by her family as "bright and beautiful", "kind and thoughtful", "caring and dependable", she "always put others first and had the most amazing sense of humour. Speaking at Mr. He appeared in court as part of his penalty case, which is still continuing. He then bought builders bags at a B&Q in Dover before returning to the woods. Detectives carried out a search of Couzens' locker at the police base in the Palace of Westminster on Wednesday. }); Josh was born in 1987 in Brixton, London, United Kingdom. How could he value a human life so cheaply? Between 1.03am and 2.43am, Couzens returned to central Dover with Miss Everard still in his Seat. A day later police discovered Miss Everard's body. 'His nickname was apparently 'the rapist' at work, he had obviously other complaints of indecent exposures to women previous to Sarah's murder. I crave the familiarity and security of home; the wider world has lost its appeal. Join Facebook to connect with Josh Lowth and others you may know. Her life. and But he then added: 'I'll do it again tomorrow if it meant saving my family.'. In my judgment, the misuse of a police officer's role such as occurred in this case in order to kidnap, rape and murder a lone victim is of equal seriousness as a murder carried out for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause. But there is no comfort to be had, there is no consoling thought in the way Sarah died. She was saving to buy a house and looking forward to marriage and children. I am so disgusted and appalled. I'm glad I took a stand and alerted the authorities because it was the right thing do. Subsequently, he worked at WTG Events and Industry Dynamics, before joining MA Exhibitions. Members of the public had noticed Couzens wearing his police belt when not on duty, with a pair of handcuffs and black pepper spray holder. 'He did so using the two bags that he had just purchased from B&Q.'. View the profiles of people named Joshua Lowth. 'I am proud to carry a warrant card, but this vile individual's abuse of that authority has cast a shadow on all those who work within policing. Also yesterday, former DCI Simon Harding, who was a senior investigator on Miss Everard's case, said that 'police officers do not view Wayne Couzens as a police officer' and that he 'should never have been near a uniform'. eventAction: 'view' Cressida Dick today said killer cop Wayne Couzens had 'brought shame on the Met' as she apologised at how he was able to abuse his position to kidnap, rape and murder Sarah Everard - but resisted calls to resign amid anger at the multiple missed chances to identify him as a sexual predator. The woman said she was working at a drive-thru on the A20 near Swanley in Kent at the start of February when she saw Couzens pulling up by the order hatch with his trousers down. Other notorious criminals serving whole life orders include Gloucester serial killer Rose West, who is responsible for the deaths of ten women - many of them tortured and murdered with her husband Fred West, now dead, as an accomplice. Events moved quickly on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The other night, I dreamt that Sarah appeared at home. Her brother James and sister Katie also live in London. They search Couzens' home and garden as well as nearby Betteshanger Park which is around two-and-a-half- miles from the house as well as an abandoned leisure complex in Great Chart near Ashford. The court heard Miss Everard's kidnapping took less than five minutes. At most, this diagnosis is simply part of the overall picture of the factors that contribute to an understanding of the kidnapping, rape and murder. Lord Justice Fulford asked the Crown if they were planning on bringing up evidence he had seen in written submissions that colleagues said Couzens was partial to 'brutal sexual pornography'. He is a lovely husband, my sister never had a bad word to say about him, she never once said he was aggressive, or anything like that.'. Wayne Couzens, a diplomatic protection. 'He then moved her body in green bags that he had purchased specifically for that task to a pond deeper into the woods but which was only about 130 metres from his plot.'. It was previously revealed Miss Everardspent a quarter of an hour on the phone making plans to see her boyfriend Josh Lowth the following day, before her mobile was either switched off or ran out of battery. She added: ''If I had any idea what was going on in Wayne's head, then none of this would've happened but I didn't know anything. Today, more than ever, we miss our strong, beautiful friend, along with the hashtags #internationalwomensday and #FindingSarahEverard. He went on to visit a Tesco store in west London to buy a pack of 14 hairbands just an hour before Miss Everard was abducted on March 3, before making further trips to a B&Q two days after Miss Everard is believed to have been killed. Then around 9pm, some two dozen police swooped. Couzens's old boss Dame Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, is facing calls to resign in the wake of the murder amid demands for urgent action to restore the confidence of women in the police. Everards parents, brother and sister were present at the opening of an inquest into her death on Thursday, and heard that the body of the 33-year-old was found in woods just outside Ashford in Kent. Ms Obukhova revealed that Olena is likely to remain in England to raise her two children. I am outraged that he masqueraded as a policeman in order to get what he wanted. Police have visited 750 homes in the area and are analysing "a wealth" of CCTV recordings. Accusing him of 'eroding' public trust in police and making women more frightened to walk the streets, the judge said: 'Sarah Everard was a wholly blameless victim of a grotesque series of offences', adding: 'She was simply walking home'. ", "She was sunshine and light, and made you feel warm and good and safe," said another friend. Couzens is currently being held in Belmarsh Prison in south-east London but may be sent to spend the rest of his life on the 'Beast Wing' at HMP Full Sutton, where he would be kept with other killers including Jeremy Bamber and John Cannan as well as serial rapists and paedophiles being protected from the rest of the prison population. I didn't notice anything was wrong. A former neighbour said it 'was very rare' for Mr Couzens to go out and drink with friends and that he just 'seemed happy with his kids'. We will also give judges the discretion, in exceptional circumstances, to impose a whole life order on offenders aged 18 or over but under 21. Couzens told a psychiatrist he strangled Miss Everard with his police belt, which tallied with the conclusions of a post-mortem examination which found she died from compression of the neck. Ans. The post was shared with a thoughtful illustration by artist Charlie Mackesy that said, "Please help find Sarah Everard. The comments below have not been moderated, By One of Ms Everard's friends said: "What I loved about her was that she had depth. She didn't speak very good English. Blood matching that of Miss Everard wasfound in the front passenger seat, rear seats and boot of Couzens' Seat. A LinkedIn profile believed to belong to Lowth, lists him as a Marketing Director at MA Exhibitions, an Mark Allen group firm that organizes trade shows. Today, more than ever, we miss our strong, beautiful friend," along with the hashtags #internationalwomensday and #FindingSarahEverard. 'You have irretrievably damaged the lives of Sarah Everard's family and friends - you have eroded the confidence that the public are entitled to have in the police forces of England and Wales. VideoOn board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry, I didnt think make-up was made for black girls, Why there is serious money in kitchen fumes. Speaking from her home in Kirovograd, 185 miles south of Kiev, Ms Obukhova insisted that the biggest shock was that on the face of it, Couzens was a 'decent' husband and father. He took her life and stole her future and we will never have the joy of sharing that future with her. Join Facebook to connect with Josh Lowth and others you may know. He had participated in Covid patrols, to ensure that the regulations were enforced. Sarah was handcuffed, unable to defend herself and there was no one to rescue her. We laughed, we cried. Sarah was handcuffed.'. FAQ About Josh Lowth Q.1 Who is Josh Lowth? 'I'd seen that he had a motorbike and I had some problems with the exhaust on my bike and so went to see him to see if he could help. At first there is a sense of relief at hearing that your sister might only have been aware of what was happening for 8-10 seconds. Couzens was arrested after a breakthrough from CCTV on a passing London bus. It was cool-headed and clinical. 4/27/2023 7:46 AM PT. ga('ads.send', { Recorded at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, with Not My Job guest "Weird Al" Yankovic and panelists Tom Bodett, Josh . During the day a local dental surgery phoned to cancel an appointment for his two children. However, his Facebook profile picture was recently updated to a poster of Find Sarah Everard, as he kept on consistently posting about her disappearance, with earnest appeals to everyone to help find her. You can't imagine anyone could do such a thing. The family of Sarah Everard have heard that an initial postmortem examination has not established how she died, and further inquiries into the cause of her death are ongoing. First, was the defendant suffering from a mild depressive disorder at the time of these offences? Three hours later, CCTV shows himwearing a pale blue face mask while shopping at a B&Q hardware shop in Dover, where he buys two green rubble bags for 9.94. Then, when Sarah's burnt remains were found, we spent two terrible days waiting for tests to show how she had died, fearing she had been set alight before she was dead - the thought was appalling. He is ashamed. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Lord Justice Fulford told Couzens he is a 'warped' and 'self-pitying' killer who relied on his position and knowledge of Covid-19 lockdown laws to carry out one of the most shocking crimes in recent history. By the time that exercise was complete, there was, in my view, no credible innocent explanation for the evidence gathered against him, and this is relevant to the issue of whether he has expressed genuine remorse or regret. The car had been hired specifically for kidnapping a woman. There are three tributes which I wish to pay. On March 5, at 11.05am, Couzens is seen buying a petrol canister and filling it up at a BP forecourt in Whitfield, Dover. A roll of adhesive film that had been ordered on February, inside a cardboard box on the floor in a bedroom; Beige-coloured hairbands and a penis pump from a storage unit in the bedroom; Police kit bag containing a ballistic vest and other items. You have taken from me the most precious person. The defendant said 'I am an undercover police officer'. She was an intelligent, resourceful, talented and much-loved young woman, still in the early years of her life. They had been desperate for news as the Met continued to maintain publicly there was no evidence she had come to harm. Locals reported the Couzens' family garden was being dug up and a police tent erected. There were just 38 minutes between the time this "clever, articulate and caring" woman left a friend's house and the last time she was seen. As to the third question, the significance of the account given by the defendant to Dr Latham, I accept this is not a verbatim account of what the defendant said, and it is only a summary for the purposes of the psychiatrist's consideration of the defendant's mental state. 'There are no words that can fully express the fury and sadness we feel about what happened to Sarah. I speak on behalf of all my colleagues in the Met when I say we are utterly appalled at this dreadful news. 'They'll come outside, so they'll be outside here, then they'll say right, you'll be in Folkestone this time, or you're going to be in Ashford this time. When he strangled her, for how long was she conscious, knowing she would die? ', In July, Olena told MailOnline about her horror at what Couzens had done and that she kept on asking herself 'why?' 'We can see the left hand of the defendant come towards Sarah Everard as though he was showing her something, we say the warrant card, and afterwards he must have handcuffed her,' said Mr Little. 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He joked 'you've put me on the spot' while trying to remember his phone number as she took his details. Britain's most hated policeman Wayne Couzens was today jailed for the rest of his life with no chance of parole after he 'misused' his 'office and authority' as a Met officer to kidnap, rape and murder his helpless victim Sarah Everardwho was 'simply walking home'. The police service must be able to protect and serve our communities. It is clear from the language of the schedule that this is not a closed list of cases. The handset was forensically examined, and identified as Miss Everard's silver Apple iPhone. 'I'm constantly replaying in my head - did you rape her, then kill her? They set up a tent and have been digging up the garden.'. It backs on to woods. This is relevant to the issue of whether the defendant has at any stage expressed any genuine contrition. She added: 'She is still in the UK, I don't know if she is planning to go to Ukraine. Every bit you get is different. Imagine being relieved to hear your sister was dead before she was burnt. It is to be emphasised that the defendant was long used to exercising this kind of authority given he had previously been a member of the Kent Special Constabulary, moving to the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in 2011. Milly Dowler's killer Levi Bellfield is thought to be the only criminal in UK legal history to be serving two whole life orders for her murder, the killings of Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange as well as the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy. 'It was not the first time that he had done this when he came to McDonald's, but I was the only female member of staff to report it. On March 10, the killer told a custody nurse that he 'experiences anxiety and depression'. The increasingly desperate search for Sarah Everard yesterday narrowed to rainswept woodland 55 miles from where she went missing. Couzens, who lied to his family about working a night shift that evening, then drove Miss Everard 80 miles to a remote stretch of road in his home county of Kent. 'The immediate impression the passenger formed was that she was witnessing an undercover police officer arresting a woman, whom she assumed 'must have done something wrong',' said Mr Little. 'We are instructing our officers, the policy going forward will be that they must facilitate a greater trust. It is this vital factor which in my view makes the seriousness of this case exceptionally high. And I can never get her back.'. The walk back to her flat in Brixton should have taken her about 50 minutes. The sexual predator, who had clocked off from a 12-hour shift that morning, went on to rape and strangle the 33-year-old marketing executive before setting fire to her body. Notwithstanding his guilty pleas for which he is entitled to the appropriate full credit as a mitigating factor, in my view the defendant has throughout sought to minimise his true responsibility for what occurred, something he had done from the moment he first spoke to the police and lied about the Balkan people- trafficking gang. 'It disgusts me that you were the last person to touch her perfect body and violate her in the way you did. Mr Little said: 'Whilst it is impossible to summarise what the defendant did to Sarah Everard in just five words, if it had to be done then it would be more appropriate to do so as deception, kidnap, rape, strangulation, fire.'. We can only begin to imagine their suffering which will, of course, not end with this sentence. 'Because what Wayne Couzens did to Sarah Everard has struck a hammer blow to the heart of policing legitimacy in England and Wales. One of the riskiest things was he drove her 80 miles with a handcuffed woman in the back of his car. Later during 5 March, he moved Sarah Everard's body to a pond that was close by in Hoads Wood, where she was eventually discovered, having used two bags purchased from B & Q in order to transport her remains. If you want to approach them about any concerns you have, please do so. During his journey back to London,Couzens was captured on CCTV purchasing a pack of 14 hair bands at a Tesco in Kensington, which was a 'significant' purchase and part of his plans. However, she was unable to confirm whether the remains found in woodland in Ashford, Kent, were those of the missing woman, adding identification may take 'considerable time.'. Meanwhile Ms Sandhu, who lives in Sevenoaks, Kent, told Sky News: 'Throughout my service there have been incidents of sexism. When asked how he was feeling in a police interview, he said: 'I'm in a dark place'. It's so remote. Her father Jeremy added:'Sarah was handcuffed and unable to defend herself. 'The investigation is large, fast moving and very determined. 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 links to the Missing People charity. Scotland Yard insisted yesterday that the suspect, was not on duty at the time of Sarah's disappearance. But it was suggested last night that plain clothes officers may have been secretly monitoring the suspect's movements for days. The murder of Sarah Everard sparked a national outcry, spurring women to share their experiences of feeling unsafe on the streets. Ans. He told MailOnline: 'This is unlikely to be his first offence, he has just not been caught before. Nobody moves into this type of behaviour overnight they are a long time in the making. Today, more than ever, we miss our strong, beautiful friend.'. It follows from this that the defendant had planned well in advance, in all its unspeakably grim detail, what was to occur and when he encountered Sarah Everard all that was missing up to that point was his victim. He suggested he merely rented a car because he had problems with his own vehicle. He claimed he had evidence of that communication in his mobile phone, but when officers examined it they found it had been wiped clean by Couzens. 'The investigation in this case by the Metropolitan Police was meticulous, and our joint prosecution team worked hard to bring the strongest possible case to court. The whole family is and all our friends. She said Wayne was at work and everything was fine. On Wednesday, police began searching his 200,000 Kent home and garden while a 20,000 black Seat Exeo was taken away on a lowloader. As officers painstakingly combed 500-acre Hoad's Wood, locals said it was often used as a dumping ground. 'What could she have thought she had done wrong? He said: 'Several dogs picked up some scent and drew the attention of their handlers to a small pond. Asked if he had personally met her, Miss Everard says: 'No, not personally, no. Couzens, a married father of two, even walked his family in woodland yards from where he had dumped Sarah's body.
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