Sarah Everard’s murderer and rapist Wayne Couzens swapped homophobic, sexist and racist messages with other police officers in a private WhatsApp group in 2019, it has been revealed. Couzens was handed a whole-life order in the Old Bailey Court, London, on Thursday (30 September) for the kidnap, rape and murder of Everard in March. He apprehended the 33-year-old marketing executive in a false arrest, claiming she had breached COVID-19 regulations. During the course of the investigation into Everard’s death, it was discovered that Couzens had exchanged “discriminatory” messages with other police officers in a WhatsApp group in 2019. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) announced on Thursday that it is conducting an investigation into five officers from three separate forces over the WhatsApp group. The messages were misogynistic, racist and homophobic in nature, according to the Daily Mail.
via pinknews: Sarah Everard murderer Wayne Couzens swapped homophobic, sexist and racist messages with other cops