Sarah Everard 's sister told her killer how devastated she was not to be able to say goodbye as she came face to face with him in court.
At the Old Bailey today sister Katie, mum Susan and dad Jeremy addressed Wayne Couzens, who admitted to kidnapping, raping and killing the 33-year-old.
In powerful victim impact statements during Couzens' sentencing hearing, the three grieving family members told of how their lives had been ripped apart by his brutal crimes.
It emerged in court today that the 48-year-old former police officer had arrested Sarah under false pretences before murdering her and callously disposing of her body in woodland.
Her sister Katie took to the stand to address Couzens, demanding that the killer look at her as he visibly shook in the dock while she detailed his gruesome crimes.
"Will you please look at me," she said. "This is only half of what I wanted to say.
“You treated Sarah as if she was nothing. Placed more emphasis on satisfying your sick disgusting perversions than on a life. Her life.
"You disposed of my sister's body like it was rubbish. Fly-tipped her like she meant nothing. She meant everything."
Katie also raised disturbing revelations that Couzens had used his position as a Metropolitan Police officer to trick Sarah, whose boyfriend had earlier said she was too "street wise" to get into a stranger's car.
“You used your warrant card to trick my sister into your car," she continued.
"She sat in a car handcuffed for hours.
"What could she have thought she had done wrong? What lies did you tell her? When did she realise that she wasn’t going to survive the night?
“I'm constantly replaying in my head - did you rape her, then kill her?
"Did you kill her while raping her? You get small nuggets of information and the thought process starts again.
“You stopped to get a Lucozade and water at a petrol station. Was she still alive at this point? Bound in your car?
"I am horrified by your ability to flit between what you did and normal everyday actions.
"Your casual demeanour on CCTV was shocking and disgusting to see."
Katie also spoke movingly about the trauma the family had suffered dealing with the practicalities of Sarah's death.
“We had to go to the flat and pack up Sarah's whole life - washing left hanging up, half sewn outfits, deliveries waiting to be returned, packages waiting at the door ready to be opened," she said.
"All signs of a life waiting to be lived - chores to be done, ready for her to return and continue when she got home.
"But she never got home because a predator - you - was on the loose. Prowling the streets for hours looking for his prey.
"You can't comprehend what you are being told when it happened because it is so horrific.
"Some sort of sick waking nightmare. You can't imagine anyone could do such a thing.
"You are waiting to hear anything from the police. Every bit you get is different. You hear her body has been found.
"Then you find out she has been burnt. So badly burnt you can't see her. Can't see her again to say goodbye."
On a disturbing day in court, many more upsetting details about the murder became public, with the bulk of the case having not come to light previously as Couzens pleaded guilty before the scheduled trial.
It emerged he had used his Metropolitan Police-issue warrant card and handcuffs to snatch Ms Everard as she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham, south London, on the evening of March 3.
The firearms officer, who had clocked off from a 12-hour shift at the American embassy that morning, drove to a secluded rural area near Dover in Kent, where he parked up and raped Ms Everard.
The marketing executive, who lived in Brixton, south London, had been strangled with Couzen's police belt by 2.30am the following morning.
Married Couzens burned her body in a refrigerator in an area of woodland he owned in Hoads Wood, near Ashford, Kent, before dumping the remains in a nearby pond.
Just days later, amid extensive publicity about Ms Everard's disappearance, he took his family on a day out to the woods, allowing his two children to play close by.
He is due to be sentenced tomorrow.
