Wayne Couzens, the vicious killer of Sarah Everard, has been struck down with a serious case of Covid-19 as he serves a whole-life sentence in one of the UK’s toughest prisons.
The disgraced police officer used his Met police badge and Covid rules to stage a fake arrest to snatch Sarah Everard, 33, from the streets of London before raping her, killing her and burning her body.
The murderer was moved just before Christmas into HMP Frankland in County Durham–used to house the country’s most notorious killers such as Levi Bellfield and Ian Huntley.
It has emerged that he is now seriously ill with Covid-19 and has been put in isolation in his cell away from other inmates.
A prison source told The Sun: “People have been talking about karma, but it looks like he will be OK.
“He’s been suffering quite badly with it though after coming down with symptoms and has been told to isolate in his cell.
“He is having food and drink left outside, and can’t see anyone at all.
“There is not a lot of sympathy for him though, given his former job and what he did with the fake Covid arrest.”
His murder trial heard Couzens was carrying and wearing “an array of equipment”, including handcuffs, to dupe Ms Everard into thinking he was an undercover officer carrying out his lawful police duty.
The killing prompted national outrage and sparked protests at the rate of violence against women.
Last week Scotland Yard was told to overhaul its culture of sexism, racism, bullying and homophobia after a damning report uncovered officers’ disturbing ‘jokes’ about rape.
The police watchdog issued the force with 15 recommendations after an investigation into misconduct at Charing Cross Police Station.
Operation Hotton was sparked in March 2018 and found text and WhatsApp messages between officers which were highly sexualised, discriminatory or referred to violence, which officers often defended as ‘banter’.
Cressida Dick told Metropolitan Police officers “enough is enough” as she admitted its reputation has been tarnished by “poor conduct and nasty and inappropriate behaviour” in a leaked email to 43,000 officers.
