Sarah Everard: Officer 'sent meme of guide to abduction and murder' - Metro.co.uk

The officer has been removed from duty over the sick joke (Picture: PA)

A police officer guarding the site where Sarah Everard’s remains were found allegedly sent a sick meme about her kidnap and murder to seven colleagues.  

The Met PC is said to have shared a parody of the Highway Code showing a guide of the six stages from abduction to murder.  

The meme, obtained by the Daily Mail, reportedly shows an officer directing traffic and holding a hand up which reads: ‘Stop single girl’.  

He then gives signals for different twisted actions, which ends in the murder and disposal of the body.  

The officer allegedly sent the image over WhatsApp on Thursday, a day after Ms Everard’s body was found in the woodland he was guarding in Ashford, Kent.  

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Sickened colleagues reported him and he was immediately moved off the inquiry and placed on restricted duties with no direct involvement with the public. 

The officer is said to have shared a parody of the Highway Code showing a guide to abduction and murder

Scotland Yard said an investigation had been launched and that the incident had been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. 

The force confirmed on Monday than a cordon officer had been removed from duty for  allegedly sharing an ‘inappropriate graphic’ but declined to give details about the image.  

They said the graphic did not contain photographic images, pictures of Ms Everard, or any other material obtained from or related to the investigation into her murder.  

Last June, two Met officers were arrested for allegedly sharing selfies on WhatsApp of the bodies of murdered sisters Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, while guarding their murder scene in Wembley. 

Sarah Everard’s body was found in woodland in Ashford, Kent

The officer sent the meme while guarding the search site in Kent (Picture: PA)

The meme sent by the officer on the Sarah Everard case was described by one source as ‘unpalatable’. 

Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave, said: ‘The MPS expects its officers to behave professionally at all times and this includes how they use social media. I take allegations that any officer or officers have failed to observe these standards very seriously and have referred this matter to the IOPC.’ 

Serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens, 48, is charged with the kidnap and murder of Ms Everard, who disappeared while walking home from a friend’s in Clapham, south-west London, on March 3. 

He has been remanded in custody until a plea hearing in July and is likely to face trial in autumn.

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2021-03-17 07:39:00Z
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