Met in Priti Patel’s sights after Everard murder October 11, 2021 THE Home Office is reportedly ready to take on a major reform of the Metropolitan Police. Tensions between the Home Secretary Priti Patel and Met commissioner Cressida Dick have continued in the aftermath of the sentencing of PC Wayne Couzens – who raped and murdered 33 year old Sarah Everard whilst a serving officer – [...]
Police probing range of indecent exposure incidents on Wandsworth Common October 6, 2021 The Metropolitan Police said this morning they have identified several offences relating to indecent exposure on Wandsworth Common in south London over the past six months. A 34-year-old man from Wandsworth was arrested on September 25 on suspicion of indecent exposure. He was released on bail and will appear in court in late October. Another [...]
Priti Patel launches inquiry into ‘systematic failures’ of police following Sarah Everard murder October 5, 2021 Priti Patel has announced an official inquiry into “systematic failures” by the Metropolitan Police after the murder of Sarah Everard. The home secretary said at the Conservative party conference today that the probe would look into how Wayne Couzens, who was a serving police officer when he murdered Everard, was able to continue to be [...]
The case that shook London’s gay community: Stephen Port inquest starting today October 5, 2021 Over the next ten weeks, a jury will hear details of how four young London gay man met their deaths at the hands of serial killer Stephen Port between the summer of 2014 and September 2015. The hearings, which were postponed due to the pandemic, are being held at Barking Town Hall, just yards from [...]
Serving Met Police officer arrested and charged with rape October 3, 2021 A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape, the Crown Prosecution Service said late on Sunday evening. David Carrick, 46, from Stevenage will appear in court tomorrow. The CPS said: ‘The CPS has today authorised Hertfordshire Constabulary to charge serving Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, 46, with one count of rape following an [...]
Priti Patel: Police must take harassment of women more seriously October 2, 2021 Police must take harassment and flashing more seriously, Priti Patel said, as the Met comes under more scrutiny over how violence against women is treated in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder. Forces should “raise the bar” and treat everybody “with respect, dignity and seriously”, the home secretary told the Telegraph, as she dismissed suggestions [...]
The Met advises women to hail a bus or run if they do not trust a male officer October 1, 2021 The Metropolitan Police has issued new advice for women who do not trust a male officer, which includes ‘waving a bus down’ for help or running away. In a statement released yesterday, Britain’s largest force advised women to “shout out to a passer-by, run into a house or wave a bus down”. The guidance was [...]
Sarah Everard: Wayne Couzens sentenced to whole life in prison September 30, 2021 Met Police officer Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to a whole life order after admitting to the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Couzens was a serving police officer with the Metropolitan Police when he kidnapped the 33-year-old marketing executive. At the sentencing at the Old Bailey on Thursday afternoon, Lord Justice Fulford said [...]
Today: Former police officer who raped and murdered Sarah Everard faces sentence September 29, 2021 Wayne Couzens, the man who raped and murdered Sarah Everard, will learn today if he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Couzens, 48, was a serving Pc with the Metropolitan Police when he snatched Everard as she walked home in Clapham, south London, on the evening of March 3. The sexual predator, [...]
Former Domino’s delivery driver charged with the murder of Sabina Nessa September 28, 2021 A 36-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 28-year-old primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, who was attacked on her way to meet a friend. Koci Selamaj of Terminus Road, Eastbourne was charged yesterday and will today appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court, the police have confirmed. Ms Nessa’s body was found in Cator Park [...]