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Memory of the murdered Sarah E .: Disappeared on the way home
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In the case of Sarah E. who was killed, the suspicion against a 48-year-old police officer has evidently been confirmed.
He is now officially accused of murder and kidnapping.
He is to be brought before a judge on Saturday.
Sarah E. had visited a friend in the London borough of Clapham on March 3rd and disappeared on the way home to her apartment that evening.
After days of searching, officials found human remains on Wednesday last week in a wooded area in Kent in southeast England.
The autopsy revealed that the body was Sarah E.
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The Crown Prosecution Service, the law enforcement agency for England and Wales, believe the police officer abducted and murdered the woman.
The officer, who belongs to a unit for the protection of parliamentarians and diplomats, was arrested on Tuesday in the southeastern English county of Kent - initially on suspicion of kidnapping.
His wife was also in custody, but was released on bail.
She is accused of aiding and abetting.
Did the police react correctly to the allegations against the suspect?
In the meantime, the police supervisory authority has also intervened in the case.
It is being investigated whether the London police have correctly responded to a complaint against the suspect for causing public nuisance, the authority said.
The accused is said to have exposed himself in a fast food restaurant in south London three days before Sarah E. went missing.
The agency also started an investigation into the investigation into the case.
She is concerned with the question of how it came about that the suspect had to be treated in hospital on Thursday for a head injury that, according to the police, he suffered alone in a cell while in custody.
Debate on the safety of women in public spaces
The Sarah E. murder sparked a debate about women's safety in the UK.
Thousands of women in Great Britain report their fear of the lonely way home.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote on Twitter on Thursday that he was "shocked and sad".
This "terrible crime" must now be solved quickly.
His government has announced a law this year aimed at tackling violence against women and girls.
The government strategy must bring about a significant change, called the activist Nimco Ali.
"There seem to be fewer and fewer safe rooms in which women are not threatened by male violence," said Ali to the magazine "Politico".
“From the streets of our hometowns to our homes, women's lives are at risk.” Writer Caitlin Moran tweeted, “I'm 45, it's 2021, and I'm under a curfew.
As for all women. "
Thousands of women across the country are planning a vigil this Saturday.
After police warned the gatherings were violating corona rules, the Reclaim These Streets initiative collected more than £ 37,000 for possible legal fees by Friday morning.
The group announced that they would file a lawsuit.
If she succeeds, she will donate the saved litigation costs to a charity.
"Otherwise we will be forced to cancel the vigil and no woman in England will be able to gather to assert her rights."
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