The ex-Metropolitan Police officer was supposed to be working from home when he exposed himself to a female cyclist in November 2020.
Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to 19 months in prison for flashing at women in the months before he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard.
As the 50-year-old appeared in court on Monday to be sentenced, the women described the impact of the incidents on them. “There were opportunities to identify you and they were not taken. I did not feel that, when I reported your crime, it was taken as seriously as I felt that it should have been.Couzens, who appeared at the Old Bailey via video-link from Frankland Prison, gave no reaction as the statements were read in court.He is already serving a whole life jail sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of Ms Everard in early March 2021.
“One woman, after discovering who had done this and what he had gone on to do, speaks of a wholly understandable sense of survivor’s guilt.” At the time, Couzens was on duty and was supposed to be working from home in Deal, the court was told. “There were no words exchanged between them. She had a clear view of him and clearly remembered what he looked like.”
After Couzens’ arrest over the disappearance of Ms Everard, the cyclist recognised him from his picture.
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