Depraved Met cop Wayne Couzens faces trial for four charges of indecent exposure
Depraved Met cop Wayne Couzens will appear in court today charged with four counts of indecent exposure including flashing at McDonald’s drive-thru just 72 hours before he murdered Sarah Everard
Wayne Couzens is due in court charged with four counts of indecent exposure He allegedly flashed his genitals between January 22 and February 27 last yearCouzens is currently serving life sentence for killing of Sarah Everard
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Sarah Everard’s depraved killer Wayne Couzens will appear in court today charged with four counts of indecent exposure.
The former Metropolitan Police officer allegedly flashed his genitals between January 22 and February 27 last year – in one case, just 72 hours before he abducted, raped and murdered 33-year-old marketing executive Miss Everard during the third Covid lockdown.
Couzens, who is currently serving a whole-life sentence for the killing, is accused of presenting himself to at least one person at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Swanley, Kent while he was serving with Scotland Yard.
The allegations of indecent exposure were made to Scotland Yard on February 28, but no arrests were made.
He is expected to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court this afternoon by video link from Frankland prison, in Durham.
Sarah Everard’s depraved cop killer Wayne Couzens is due to appear in court today charged with four counts of indecent exposure
The former Metropolitan Police officer allegedly flashed his genitals between January 22 and February 27 last year – in one case, just 72 hours before he abducted, raped and murdered 33-year-old marketing executive Miss Everard during the third Covid lockdown
Couzens, a former armed officer with Scotland Yard’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, faces four charges of allegedly ‘intentionally exposed his genitals intending that someone would see them and be caused alarm and distress’.
The incidents are alleged to have taken place on four occasions in Swanley, Kent, between January 22 and February 1, January 30 and February 6, on February 14 and on February 27.
Scotland Yard previously said the McDonald’s allegations were ‘allocated for investigation’ but ‘by the time of Sarah’s abduction it was not concluded’. It then referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over how it handled the case.
The watchdog last year launched an investigation into officers for possible misconduct over the failure to identify Couzens.
Couzens, a former armed officer with Scotland Yard’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, faces four charges of allegedly ‘intentionally exposed his genitals intending that someone would see them and be caused alarm and distress’
MailOnline revealed that the IOPC was preparing to publish its findings on whether Scotland Yard could have stopped Couzens before he murdered Miss Everard ‘next month’. A source told the website that just two of the four alleged incidents were referred to the IOPC.
The decision to charge Couzens means that the watchdog’s findings now must be placed on hold until the conclusion of his trial.
The source added: ‘It begs the question: Why did the Metropolitan Police only refer two of the four alleged incidents?’.
Scotland Yard declined to comment when approached for comment.
Couzens showed Miss Everard his warrant card to force her into his car as part of a fake Covid arrest in March 2021. He then used his Met-issued equipment to handcuff her before strangling her with his police belt.
