Murdering Rapist Wayne Couzens Should Not Have Been Policeman

I have to admit that I'd never heard of the reprobate Wayne Couzens (pictured left), largely because I stopped watching the news when I realised they were ramming fear-porn down our throats at the start of the Covid-19 pseudo-pandemic four years ago.  That is, until his case was the main story on the evening news today, and was featured prominently on the BBC website.  Apparently, Couzens, now aged 51, joined Kent Police as a Special Constable in 2002, and became an officer with the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) in 2011.  He transferred to the Metropolitan Police in 2018, and was on armed protection duties at Parliament between February and July, 2020.  Couzens had allegedly committed a serious sexual assault against a child before his policing career began, and had a liking for extreme and violent pornography.  He had a history of unmanaged debt, and a record of alleged sexual offending going back twenty years, which included unwanted sexual touching and sharing unsolicited photos of his genitals.  Couzens was investigated for indecent exposure in 2015, 2020, and 2021, but the investigations were marked by police failures.  All these behaviours might suggest he was a psychopath.  Couzens should never have been a police officer, and opportunities were missed to stop him, said a report of an enquiry into the case headed by the lawyer Lady Elish Angiolini.  Couzens's repellent behaviour culminated when - in March 2021 - whilst he was off duty, he abducted, raped, and murdered 33-year-old Sarah Everard, for which he rightfully received a whole-life prison sentence.  Couzens lured Everard to his car in Clapham, London, by falsely claiming she was breaking Covid restrictions, and then handcuffed her and bundled her into his vehicle, before driving off with her to Dover in Kent.  He raped Everard in an isolated spot, then dumped her body.  He later burned her body in a fridge, before disposing of Everard's remains in rubble bags in a woodland pond.  More details can be found on the BBC website HERE.