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Sophie Goodall & Neil Shaw

Plea hearing today in Sarah Everard murder case

A Metropolitan Police officer accused over the death of Sarah Everard is expected to enter a plea to a charge of murder.

Last month, Pc Wayne Couzens, 48, accepted responsibility for killing Ms Everard and pleaded guilty to her kidnap and rape.

But he has yet to enter a plea to a charge of murder pending medical reports.

Marketing executive Ms Everard, 33, was abducted as she walked home from a friend’s house in Clapham, south London, on March 3.

She was reported missing by her boyfriend on March 4 and her body was found hidden in an area of woodland in Ashford, Kent, on March 10.

Couzens, from Deal in Kent, is expected to appear in court today (Friday 9th July) by video link from high security Belmarsh prison for a further plea hearing.

The case before Lord Justice Fulford is listed to start at 10.30am at the Old Bailey.

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