Wayne Couzens sentenced over indecent exposures

Former Met Police serviceman Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to 19 months aft helium admitted 3 charges of indecent exposure, 1 of which helium committed days earlier murdering Sarah Everard.

The incidents took spot successful woodland and a edifice successful Kent betwixt November 2020 and February 2021.

The 50-year-old is already serving a whole-life word for the abduction, rape and execution of Ms Everard successful March 2021.

The condemnation for indecent vulnerability does not impact this term.

At the Old Bailey, Mrs Justice May said the condemnation served arsenic "public recognition" of the offences and their interaction connected the victims, and noted "their courageousness and resilience" successful coming forward.

The erstwhile serviceman was expected to beryllium connected work and moving from location erstwhile helium exposed himself to a pistillate cyclist successful a state lane successful Kent successful November 2020.

He went connected to exposure himself to 2 pistillate attendants astatine a McDonald's drive-through edifice successful Kent, with the past incidental conscionable days earlier helium snatched 33-year-old Ms Everard successful southbound London.

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