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The serving UK police office plead guilty at the Old Bailey this morning. The killing of the 33-year-old woman sparked anger across the UK and prompted a series of protests and questions about what police, government and society can do to stop male violence against women. The 48-year-old officer also accepted responsibility for killing Ms Everard but did not enter a plea to a charge of murder, as medical reports are still being prepared.
Ms Everard, a marketing executive, went missing on March 3, 2021, as she walked home from a friend’s house in Clapham, south London.
She left her friend’s flat at about 9pm and is thought to have walked through Clapham Common as she made her way home to Brixton.
The journey should have taken about 50 minutes.
A major police investigation was launched and her body was found a week later in woodland in Ashford, Kent.
Mr Couzens, who served in the force’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, was charged with the kidnap and murder of Ms Everard on March 12, having first been arrested on suspicion of kidnap on Tuesday, March 9.
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