Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens returns to court

Wayne Couzens returns to court on two counts of indecent exposure (Image: Metropolitan Police/PA)Wayne Couzens is due to appear in court today accused of two counts of indecent exposure, having already been accused of four counts of exposure earlier this year. The alleged incidents, which pre-date the murder of Sarah Everard, took place in June 2015 in Dover. The proceedings are due to resume on Tuesday after being adjourned due to the barristers’ strike last month. Couzens may enter a plea at this stage or the case may be adjourned to a later date.Couzens, a former Metropolitan Police officer, is serving a life sentence at HMP Frankland in Durham after being convicted of the abduction, rape and murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard.The 49-year-old kidnapped Ms Everard as she walked home in Clapham, south London on March 3, 2021.He told the marketing executive he was arresting her on breaches of COVID-19 regulations.Couzens then drove to Ashford in Kent, where Ms Everard’s body was found in a woodland stream, just metres from land owned by Couzens, a week later. Sarah Everard was killed in March 2021 (Image: PA) Hundreds of tributes were left in Clapham Common for Sarah Everard (Image: Getty)Couzens was due to return to work on March 8 but reported in sick.The following day he was arrested at his home in Deal, Dover.In July he pleaded guilty to murder at the Old Bailey.READ MORE: Brixton crash and shooting victims identified as rapper and driver The Met Police made several arrests at the vigil (Image: PA) London faces being completely smoke free in move to ban cigarettes The murder was met by a wave of anger towards the Met Police following a vigil held on Clapham Common, where several arrests were made for breaches of Covid regulations.Earlier this year the Metropolitan Police were found to have breached the rights of the organisers of the event.A judge ruled that the Met’s decisions in the run-up to the event were “not in accordance with the law”.The Met defended the claim brought by Reclaim These Streets, who organised the vigil, arguing there was no exception for protest in the coronavirus rules at the time, and that it had ‘no obligation’ to assess the public health risk.DON’T MISS: ‘You’re a f***ing disgrace!’ Mums showered with abuse after catching 17 speeding driversLandlord hits back at TripAdvisor review complaining over staff having break at bar’Traumatised’ dad’s priceless reaction after daughter shows off her sexy Halloween costume Priti Patel was serving as Home Secretary at the time (Image: Getty)Following the anger, the then Home Secretary Priti Patel released a statement saying that “every woman should feel safe to walk on our streets without fear of harassment or violence”.As a result of the murder, the Met Police announced it would be issuing 650 new officers in locations where women and girls often lack confidence that they are safe and increased presence in key “hotspots” for violence and harassment.