Sarah Everard ‘murder suspect’ ‘flashed in London takeaway’ THREE days before her disappearance

Met referred to police watchdog FIVE TIMES over disappearance of Sarah Everard and the arrest of their own officer over her kidnap and murder 

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) started an investigation last night into the Met’s handling of the Sarah Everard case and allegations relating to the prime suspect Wayne Couzens.

There were five referrals in total, these are: 

Referral 1:  Whether two Met officers responded appropriately to a report that Wayne Couzens, 48, allegedly exposed himself at a south London restaurant on February 28.

Referral 2: The actions of the police after they received a report of Miss Everard’s disappearance on March 3.

Referral 3: A police conduct referral about Couzens relating to his arrest for the alleged kidnap and murder of Miss Everard.

Referral 4: A police conduct referral about Couzens in relation to the alleged indecent exposure he has been arrested for.

Referral 5: Police care for Couzens in custody after he was taken to a hospital for treatment yesterday to a head injury sustained while in custody in a cell alone. He was being monitored by CCTV at the time. 

Scotland Yard is facing an inquiry after it was revealed the policeman arrested over the alleged murder of Sarah Everard was accused of flashing someone in a takeaway just 72 hours before she was kidnapped – but remained on armed duty.

Wayne Couzens, 48, was reported to police after allegedly exposing himself at a south London restaurant on February 28. Miss Everard disappeared on March 3 at about 9pm.

Three days after the flashing incident Couzens is said to have finished a six-hour shift guarding the US Embassy near Battersea Powerstation at 8pm on the same night she ‘vanished into thin air’ as she walked home to nearby Brixton.

Police arrested the suspect at home in Deal, Kent, following a tip-off about a car allegedly spotted on a motorist’s dashcam near to where the missing woman was last seen.  A woman, 39, who was arrested at the same address on…

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