Piers Corbyn
(Picture: Twitter)Piers Corbyn has triggered outrage after using the publicity around Wayne Couzens’ sentencing for the Sarah Everard case to spread anti-lockdown conspiracy theories.
The charlatan appeared outside the court today brandishing a megaphone, as Couzens was handed a whole-life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of the marketing executive in March this year. Everard was abducted in Clapham, south London, while walking home from a friend’s house.
Hijacking a case which has opened debates about the safety of women and institutional failings in the police system, Corbyn claimed that lockdown restrictions made to curb the spread of the virus “were nothing to do with controlling the virus” and “give people the powers and the ability to commit crimes”.
Nearby,inews reports, people shook their heads in disbelief and a member of the public approached him and shouted “how dare you hijack Sarah’s death for your own cause?”
And after news of Corbyn’s unwelcome arrival circulated on social media, people said exactly what they thought of him:
Contemptible behaviour by Piers Corbyn outside the Old Bailey. https://t.co/i4dbj1wmW9
— Back in Time West London (@OldLondonW14) September 30, 2021
Wondering if anyone is in more need of watching the Mitchell And Webb "Are we the baddies?" sketch then Piers Corbyn. https://t.co/BO1Ff05t7p
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) September 30, 2021
Anti-lockdown protesters, including Piers Corbyn, have gathered outside court to make political statements after the sentencing of Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard.
— Matthew Thompson (@mattuthompson) September 30, 2021
Staggeringly inappropriate.
Stay classy Piers! Corbyn attempts to hi-jack Sarah Everard sentencing hearing pic.twitter.com/eXNyaiqeeX
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) September 30, 2021
Piers Corbyn is an unhinged sicko. What are these clowns even protesting? There are no lockdowns or restrictions, go and live your lives, you sad little men
— Mike P Williams (@Mike_P_Williams) September 30, 2021
‘How dare you hijack Sarah’s death for your own cause’
— Anja Popp (@Anja_Popp) September 30, 2021
A woman shouts at Piers Corbyn and friends, who are campaigning against lockdown measures outside the court in which Sarah Everard’s murderer has just been sentenced pic.twitter.com/6fl4TGRW4t
I didn't think it was possible for Piers Corbyn to sink any lower, but yet again he falls to expectations. Indescribably vile. https://t.co/GYYEQNSMAk
— William French (@wtfrench76) September 30, 2021
Sentencing Couzens at the Old Bailey, Lord Justice Fulford said Ms Everard’s killing as “devastating” and “tragic” and said it happened in “wholly brutal circumstances”.
He described Couzens’ crimes as “warped, selfish and brutal offending, which was both sexual and homicidal”
