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Grief and anger after the killing of a woman in London
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In the UK, more money is said to go into protecting women and girls in public.
The impetus for this change was the killing of 33-year-old Sarah E.
"We have to do everything we can to keep our roads safe," said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and announced an increase in spending on better lighting and surveillance cameras to £ 45 million - reportedly a little more than one Doubling.
Sarah E. disappeared without a trace in south London on the evening of March 3rd when she was walking home from a friend.
It is believed that a man kidnapped and killed her on the way back from his shift.
The woman's body has now been found in a wooded area in the southeastern English county of Kent.
The alleged perpetrator is in custody.
The trial of the 48-year-old man, a police officer, is due to begin at the end of October, after a hearing is scheduled for July.
"What we really lack is light in the night"
In Germany, too, the case caused horror and calls for more protection for women.
"What we really lack is light in the night," said the chairman of the "Heimwegtelefon" association, Conny Vogt, to the dpa news agency.
Anyone who feels uncomfortable on the street can call the »home-away phone«.
She advocated either not turning off street lights at night or equipping them with motion detectors.
In the UK, plainclothes police officers are also to be used in bars and nightclubs in the future.
The police in London are at the center of the criticism - on the one hand, the alleged murderer of Sarah E. is himself a police officer, on the other hand, the role of the police in a vigil at the weekend triggered massive criticism.
Images of women being forcibly removed and wrestled on the floor made the rounds on social media.
Women's rights organizations withdrew their trust in the responsible police chief, Cressida Dick.
She is accused of inappropriately responding to the incidents.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the scenes of the police operation "unacceptable".
The police have the responsibility to enforce the corona measures, but the pictures make it clear that the officials' reaction was "neither appropriate nor proportionate," said the Labor politician.
Khan met with representatives of the organization "Reclaim These Streets" (for example, "Give us the streets back") to discuss necessary measures to protect women in public.
He wrote on Twitter: "The terrible truth is that a lot of women and girls don't feel safe and I will do everything in my power to change that."
The "Reclaim These Streets" movement sees itself as the mouthpiece of all people who are primarily affected by male violence and arbitrary police force.
After the protests about the violent death of Sarah E., she was able to book several hundred thousand euros in donations.
The "Center for Justice for Women" complained of a general unwillingness of the law enforcement authorities to take action against aggressors, also because the evidence was often insufficient to bring charges.
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