Police officer remanded in custody over death of Sarah Everard

Metropolitan Police hand image taken from CCTV footage of Sarah Everard captured earlier on the night she went missing (Metropolitan Police/PA)

The serving Metropolitan Police officer accused of murdering Sarah Everard has been remanded in custody after his first court appearance.

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.