Found Deceased UK - Sarah Everard, 33, London - Clapham Common area, 3 March 2021 *Arrests* #13

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Mental Health Conditions and Disorders: Draft Prosecution Guidance | The Crown Prosecution Service

Partial defences to murder: diminished responsibility

Section 2 of the Homicide Act 1967, as amended, provides that a person is liable for conviction for manslaughter and not murder if they kill another person but prove, on the balance of probabilities, that:

  • They were suffering from such abnormality of mind as substantially impaired their mental responsibility for the acts and omissions involved in the killing; or,
  • They were suffering from an abnormality of mental functioning (for guidance, see Byrne [1960] 2 Q.B. 396) which provides that this must (i) arise from a recognised medical condition; (ii) substantially impair the suspect’s ability to understand the nature of their conduct, form a rational judgment and/or exercise self-control; and (iii) provides an explanation for their acts or omissions in killing. As to voluntary intoxication, diminished responsibility is made out if notwithstanding the fact that voluntary intoxication played a role in the suspect’s actions, the mental abnormality substantially impaired mental responsibility for the fatal acts. Diminished responsibility however is not available where an abnormality of mental function is triggered by voluntary intoxication: Joyce, Kay [2017] EWCA Crim 647.
 
MET POLICE STATEMENT

A serving police constable has appeared in court for a second time after he was charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard.


Wayne Couzens, 48 (20.12.72) appeared in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 13 March.

Today he appeared via video link at the Central Criminal Court.

A provisional trial date has been set for 25 October. A pre-trial plea hearing has been scheduled for Friday, 9 July.

A woman, aged in her 30s, who was arrested at the same time as Couzens on suspicion of assisting an offender, has been released on bail to return to a police station on a date in mid-April.

Sarah's family have been informed and specialist officers are in place to support the family and friends.

The investigation continues and is being led by Specialist Crime Command detectives who are drawing on expertise and skills from hundreds of colleagues across the Met. They are also being supported by Kent Police.

In the interests of clarity about these exceptional events, we are releasing further details of Couzens' employment with the Metropolitan Police Service.

Wayne Couzens joined the MPS on 10 September 2018. His first posting was to South Area where he joined a response team covering the Bromley area. He then moved to the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command on 1 February 2020 where his primary role was on uniformed patrol duties of diplomatic premises, mainly a range of Embassies.

UPDATED: Sarah Everard murder: Police officer appears at Old Bailey via video link

Seems like they know its causing confusion for us here :rolleyes: JMO
 
This may not be allowed, and please delete if so, but I know Helena vaguely (both worked in bars in Edinburgh). I would take what she says with a large pinch of salt, to say the least.

I didn't know SE, but I would trust her family over Helena by a country mile. She is likely after the press coverage for herself, ironically.
Well see Cressida Dick's statement on Sky, linked last thread.
That post about her friend was posted 2 threads ago,
Somebody brought it up again today.
The vigil and the protest are two separate events.
MSM has explainers, some of which have already been posted here. I'm not getting into it because mods specifically requested we do not.
 
Also suggestion that a gardener had found what was found in Biggin hill, which leans to it not being part of any investigation, ie confession etc

I wonder how he knew it was "relevant" to this investigation?
 
Is the pre-trial hearing likely to include more details/evidence/argument from the pros/defence, or does it have another function?

Edit: Is there a better thread to ask these questions about the process? i'm worried about diverting from the issue more than has happened already, lol
 
I think that came about from someone who lived on the same street as them saying that they were surprised when the defendant told him he was going to Ukraine to 'fetch his wife' like she was some sort of package he'd ordered online.


I believe it comes from an interview with their former landlady:

“In 2008, Wayne became a traffic officer with Kent Police in Folkestone, Kent, England. They lived in top floor flat of a converted period property in Folkestone. Their then landlady Shannette Roy described Wayne as “a nice fellow” and said, “The only thing I found strange was when he said he was going over to Ukraine to get his wife and he brought her back. She didn’t speak very good English.”

source: Sarah Everard: Serving Met Police officer, 48, arrested over disappearance | Daily Mail Online
 
There are circumstances in which solicitors can represent in court in England. They don't apply for this forthcoming trial, but if anyone's interested for sake of completeness, here's a link:

The Difference Between Solicitor and Barrister - The Lawyer Portal[/QUOTE]

sols who have gained higher rights of audience can appear in all superior courts, so it would apply in this case. It’s highly unlikely a solicitor with higher rights would have the correct experience to take a heavy weight Old Bailey murder trial as leader but that’s a different point. They would have a right to appear.
 
Can I ask a question of one of the legal people on here please. If the accused was assisting the Police with information at this stage - would this be reported?

Edited: In case "peeps" was misinterpreted! So changed it to people.
 
Why would they look specifically for SE's phone? What information can be gathered from it's retrieval? The tower pings, the times of use of the phone, messages, et al have already been confiscated.

It’s another piece of evidence to place SE or her property in an area she or it had no known reason to be in. And if they have footage, data trail or something else (witness?) to place the defendant in the area that SE’s property is then found, it may then become strong evidence to suggest they’ve indeed come into contact and/or some cover-up was attempted by the defendant. JMO, not based on expertise.
 
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I think like the other similarities in cases/suspects/those convicted - it is not 100% or even very high percentage of the overall total population of say those that commit IE go on to escalate, but within the group that do a significant percentage share that history/trait.
Yeah - I agree. Even though most convicted of or engaging in IE will not 'progress' to murder, most murderers have a history of experimenting with different ways of controlling/dominating people, be it violence, sexual offences etc. For instance the Macdonald triad is a famous pattern of history and behaviour that is really common amongst murderers.
 
Is the pre-trial hearing likely to include more details/evidence/argument from the pros/defence, or does it have another function?

Edit: Is there a better thread to ask these questions about the process? i'm worried about diverting from the issue more than has happened already, lol

It is firstly, to allow the defendant to make his plea
If his plea is not guilty then the PTP will check to ensure both Prosecution and Defence are ready to go to trial..or to at least confirm that they will be ready by the allotted date in October.
We will not hear anymore details re the case until the trial.
 
Normal family life until WC screams 'for sake' in the background really angrily and the reaction suggests this is totally normal. (I read above we can talk YT but not mention children or link them, so I hope this post is okay)

strange, I just saw them (not prompted by this thread), they are now gone. IMO, it reinforces how baffling this case is, and raises ponderings on how a person may lead a double life, just showed a normal family doing normal things in a normal house. IMO! Well-adjusted, happy although accused wasn’t quite what I was expecting exactly maybe, probably due to photos being old. All IMO of course.
 
how will they unlock SE's phone when they find it?

I’m sure there are technical ways around it but maybe even the serial no. on the phone or battery, etc. will be enough to prove it’s SE’s property (but I get that unlocking it may yield even further information).

This is assuming that the MSM have been tipped off that this is what is being searched for, and isn’t an assumption of their own. I guess it’s all we have to go on at this stage though anyway.
 
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