Convicted murderer and rapist Wayne Couzens has been sacked by the Metropolitan Police.
The force made the announcement on Friday in light of the former officer's admissions of guilt in court.
Couzens, 48, killed Sarah Everard, 33, in March after snatching her from the street as she walked home in Clapham, south-west London.
Scotland Yard said the decision on his sacking was made after an "accelerated" hearing held in private due to a "real risk of undermining the criminal case".
Assistant commissioner Helen Ball said: "Couzens has betrayed everything we, the police, stand for and following his guilty pleas and convictions I have dismissed him today.
"All of us in the Met are horrified, sickened and angered by this man’s crimes.
"Sarah was a young woman who had her life cruelly snatched away from her.
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"I know she is sorely missed by so many people and our thoughts remain with her loved ones. We are so profoundly sorry."
Couzens - who had worked as a diplomatic protection officer, which allowed him to carry a firearm - pleaded guilty to Ms Everard's murder on July 9.
He had previously admitted her rape and kidnap and will be sentenced on September 29.
The marketing executive's body was found in woodlands near Ashford, Kent around a week after she vanished.
A court heard that she had been sexually assaulted and strangled, and she was identified using dental records.
The cop and Ms Everard had been "total strangers to each other", it was said, with CCTV showing the pair standing by a car with its hazard lights on just moments before she was grabbed.
The hire vehicle was tracked by police to Tilmanstone near Deal, in Kent, before Couzens was identified as the person who had leased it out and arrested.
He initially tried to claim in interview that he had snatched Ms Everard under pressure from an Eastern European gang after underpaying a prostitute.
He said he drove Ms Everard out of London and handed her over to three men alive and injured.
But his bizarre tale fell apart under questioning and Couzens eventually admitted his sick crimes.
His motive is yet to be established, the Crown Prosecution Service said after his conviction.
The Metropolitan Police has come under fire for its handling of the Couzens case after it emerged that two alleged indecent exposure incidents were linked to the killer in the days before he carried out the murder.
It is also alleged that a constable, who was still on probation, shared an inappropriate graphic relating to the case over social media before manning the cordon at the scene of the search for Ms Everard.
A total of 12 gross misconduct or misconduct notices - for officers from several forces - have been served in relation to the operation.
Scotland Yard's handling of a protest held in the wake of Ms Everard's death over the safety of women also prompted fierce anger from the public.
