The Metropolitan Police officer charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard was remanded in custody this morning after appearing in court for the first time.
Wayne Couzens, 48, a firearms officer from Scotland Yard’s elite Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, was taken to and from Westminster Magistrates’ Court in a police security van.
He was charged last night after being arrested on Tuesday, after the 33-year-old marketing executive disappeared as she walked home to Brixton from a friend’s house in Clapham, south London, on March 3.
Today the court heard Miss Everard’s body was found inside a builder’s bag in Kent and identified through the use of dental records.
Appearing in court wearing a grey tracksuit and bearing a red mark on his head, Couzens stood as the charges were put to him before being remanded in custody before his case is sent to the Old Bailey on March 16.