Former Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens, who is already serving a whole-life jail sentence for the murder of Sarah Everard, has been sentenced to 19 months in prison after admitting three incidents of indecent exposure committed in the months before the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Ms. Everard.
The flashing incidents occurred in woodland and at a fast food restaurant in Kent between November 2020 and February 2021.
Details of Couzens’ activities in the months before the killing were heard at the Old Bailey as he appeared to be sentenced for three offences of indecent exposure. On Monday, Couzens appeared at the Old Bailey via video-link from Frankland Prison to be sentenced by Mrs Justice May.
The prosecutor said Couzens had stood completely naked before a female cyclist on Ringwould Road near Dover on November 13, 2020. The court was told that Couzens was on duty and supposed to be working from home in Deal at the time.
Around 50 meters further on, she cycled past a parked black car which looked “old” and “a little battered”, but she was unable to recall the full number plate. As she rode on, the cyclist came across two women and told them what she had seen.
When she reached a crossroads, the cyclist rang her husband and later reported the incident online to Kent Police, describing him as “middle-aged with a slight paunch”.
After Couzens’ arrest over the disappearance of Ms. Everard, the cyclist recognized him from his picture. Further inquiries have confirmed that the defendant was due to work from home in Deal on November 13, 2020, between 8 am and 4 pm. It follows that he was on duty at the time of the offence but was not at home. Traffic cameras and cell site data located Couzens in his Seat in that country area.
In February 2021, Couzens exposed his genitals to staff at a drive-through fast food restaurant in Kent on two different occasions. He sat in his car and looked straight at them, showing his erect penis while handing over his card to pay for food.
The female staff affected were left “shaken, upset and angry”. On the last occasion, staff took a registration number and identified the car from CCTV as a black Seat registered to Couzens. A credit card in his name was used to pay, while ANPR and cell site data was used to track the defendant’s car in the area at the time of the incidents.
Couzens denied three indecent exposure allegations in June 2015, one between January 22 and February 1, 2021, and one between January 30 and February 6, 2021. Those charges are expected to be left on court file. An independent inquiry by Dame Elish Angiolini will consider Couzens’ earlier sexual offending and whether opportunities were missed to stop him before he murdered Ms. Everard.
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