Accusing him of 'eroding' public trust in police and made women more frightened to walk the streets, the judge said: 'Sarah Everard was a wholly blameless victim of a grotesque series of offences', adding 'She was simply walking home'. Couzens is the first police officer to receive a whole life sentence after killing Sarah (right) as the Met faces questions about how a twisted predator with a history of flashing remained in their midst and was given the job of an armed officer guarding London's embassies. Lord Justice Fulford said Couzens (right), who looked at his feet and hands throughout today's Old Bailey hearing, was a 'warped' and 'self-pitying' killer who used his position and knowledge of Covid-19 lockdown laws to carry out one of the most shocking crimes in recent history.
