October trial date set for police officer accused of Sarah Everard murder

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of serving police constable Wayne Couzens at a previous hearing (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

A police officer is due to go on trial in the autumn for the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard.

Pc Wayne Couzens, 48, is accused of snatching the 33-year-old marketing executive as she walked home from a friend’s flat in Clapham, south London, on the evening of March 3.