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Wayne Couzens, Sarah Everard’s killer, sentenced to 19 months for indecent exposure

Wayne Couzens, Sarah Everard's killer, sentenced to 19 months for indecent exposure

Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to 19 months for three offences of indecent exposure before he abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard.

The former Metropolitan Police officer is already serving a whole life sentence for the murder of Ms Everard, 33, in March 2021.

Couzens, 50, pleaded guilty to all three counts of indecent exposure in February.

The incidents took place at numerous locations between November 2020 and February 2021.

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On the first occasion, Couzens appeared naked out of a woodland in Deal – the Kent coastal town where he is from – and exposed his genitals as a woman cycled past.

She was described as “scared and shaken” by the judge, Mrs Justice May.

Couzens exposed himself to staff at a fast food drive-thru restaurant in Kent, on 14 and 27 February 2021.

Appearing in court via video link from Frankland Prison, he gave no reaction as statements from the women were read out in court.

The female cyclist said her “freedom” to enjoy country walks and cycling had been taken away by his “selfish, aggressive act”.