The British policeman sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Londoner Sarah Everard, a drama that had traumatized the United Kingdom, appealed on Wednesday October 27 against his conviction.
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An application
" to appeal the sentence has been filed, said a spokesperson for the Court of Appeal.
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Wayne Couzens, 48, had used his police card to arrest the 33-year-old who was walking home on the evening of March 3 in South London.
He had accused her of breaking the confinement rules, handcuffed her, got into her car, before raping her, strangling her and then setting her body on fire in a wood an hour and a half south. -est of London.
He was sentenced on September 30 to life imprisonment, without the possibility of release, an exceptional decision in the United Kingdom apart from terrorism cases.
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In rendering his verdict, Judge Adrian Fulford had underlined “
the abuse of the role of police officer
” in this murder “
in particularly brutal circumstances
”.
The case had caused considerable stir in the UK and prompted many women to speak out about their feeling of insecurity.