Sarah Everard murder-Wayne Couzens' police interview
- 2 years ago
Timeline of Sarah's disappearance
March 3
9pm: Sarah leaves a friend's house in Clapham, South West London, and begins the 50-minute walk home to Brixton
9.15pm: The marketing executive is first seen on CCTV as she speaks to her boyfriend on the phone for around 14 minutes
9.27pm: The call ends and Sarah is seen a minute later on CCTV and again at 9.28pm
9.38pm: Two figures are seen standing by the white Vauxhall Astra Couzens rented
1am: Couzens' car is seen arriving in Kent after number plate recognition tracks it leaving London
March 4:
Sarah is reported missing by her boyfriend after failing to attend a meeting at work
March 6:
Police releases an appeal over her disappearance and release CCTV images of her.
They reveal she was walking through the Common and should have arrived home around 50 minutes later.
March 7:
Further images taken on a doorbell camera are released showing Sarah walking alone on the A205 Poynders Road towards Tulse Hill, south of Brixton.
It has since been revealed this is the road where she was snatched by Couzens
March 9:
The search for Sarah is stepped up as police search Sarah's route home, ponds in Clapham Common and drains along the A205.
At midnight, police confirmed a police officer has been arrested in connection with her disappearance.
A woman is also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender but no charges are brought against her.
March 10:
Cops begin searching two locations in Kent - including a home in Deal and woodland near Ashford.
They later reveal the arrested cop has now been re-arrested on suspicion of murder despite Sarah remaining missing.
The cop is identified as 48-year-old Wayne Couzens, who works in the Met Police's Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command.
Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick announces human remains have been found in the search for Sarah in woodland in Ashford.
March 11:
Couzens is taken to hospital for a head wound sustained in custody where he is still being quizzed for murder.
Meanwhile, police reveal a probe has been launched by Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) into whether officers "responded appropriately" to a report of indecent exposure linked to the suspect.
Sarah's family release a tribute to "kind and thoughtful, caring and dependable” Sarah.
March 12:
Sarah's body is formally identified as police confirm Couzens was accused of exposing himself twice at a McDonald's three days before her disappearance.
He is later charged with kidnap and murder hours after being taken to hospital for a second time with a head injury.
June 1
A post-mortem reveals Sarah was strangled to death.
June 8:
Couzens pleads guilty to kidnap and murder and accepts responsibility for her killing.
July 9:
The cop pleads guilty to Sarah's murder
March 3
9pm: Sarah leaves a friend's house in Clapham, South West London, and begins the 50-minute walk home to Brixton
9.15pm: The marketing executive is first seen on CCTV as she speaks to her boyfriend on the phone for around 14 minutes
9.27pm: The call ends and Sarah is seen a minute later on CCTV and again at 9.28pm
9.38pm: Two figures are seen standing by the white Vauxhall Astra Couzens rented
1am: Couzens' car is seen arriving in Kent after number plate recognition tracks it leaving London
March 4:
Sarah is reported missing by her boyfriend after failing to attend a meeting at work
March 6:
Police releases an appeal over her disappearance and release CCTV images of her.
They reveal she was walking through the Common and should have arrived home around 50 minutes later.
March 7:
Further images taken on a doorbell camera are released showing Sarah walking alone on the A205 Poynders Road towards Tulse Hill, south of Brixton.
It has since been revealed this is the road where she was snatched by Couzens
March 9:
The search for Sarah is stepped up as police search Sarah's route home, ponds in Clapham Common and drains along the A205.
At midnight, police confirmed a police officer has been arrested in connection with her disappearance.
A woman is also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender but no charges are brought against her.
March 10:
Cops begin searching two locations in Kent - including a home in Deal and woodland near Ashford.
They later reveal the arrested cop has now been re-arrested on suspicion of murder despite Sarah remaining missing.
The cop is identified as 48-year-old Wayne Couzens, who works in the Met Police's Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command.
Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick announces human remains have been found in the search for Sarah in woodland in Ashford.
March 11:
Couzens is taken to hospital for a head wound sustained in custody where he is still being quizzed for murder.
Meanwhile, police reveal a probe has been launched by Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) into whether officers "responded appropriately" to a report of indecent exposure linked to the suspect.
Sarah's family release a tribute to "kind and thoughtful, caring and dependable” Sarah.
March 12:
Sarah's body is formally identified as police confirm Couzens was accused of exposing himself twice at a McDonald's three days before her disappearance.
He is later charged with kidnap and murder hours after being taken to hospital for a second time with a head injury.
June 1
A post-mortem reveals Sarah was strangled to death.
June 8:
Couzens pleads guilty to kidnap and murder and accepts responsibility for her killing.
July 9:
The cop pleads guilty to Sarah's murder