Police officer appears in court charged with Sarah Everard murder

A police van arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court, in London, where serving police constable Wayne Couzens is to appear charged with murder and kidnapping related to the death of Sarah Everard. Photo: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

The serving Metropolitan Police officer accused of murdering Sarah Everard has appeared in court for the first time.

Police constable Wayne Couzens, 48, is charged with kidnapping and killing the 33-year-old marketing executive, who went missing while walking home from a friend’s flat in south London on March 3.