Sentencing hearing told serving Met officer used warrant card and Covid training to deceive 33-year-old

Wayne Couzens used police equipment, including his warrant card and training about Covid rules, to deceive Sarah Everard into getting into a car with him before he raped and murdered her, a court has heard.

Opening a two-day sentencing hearing, Tom Little QC said Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive, was seized from a south London street in March 2021, with Couzens driving her to Kent where he killed her.

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