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Wayne Couzens: Sarah Everard’s killer charged with two further offences of exposure

Wayne Couzens (Metropolitan Police/PA)

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Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens will be charged with two further offences of exposure, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

The two alleged offences are said to have taken place in June 2015 and November 2020.

It follows a referral by the Met Police.

Couzens will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on September 2.

He has already appeared in court charged with four other incidents of alleged exposure said to have taken place in Swanley, Kent, before Ms Everard's death.

Those charges state he allegedly "intentionally exposed his genitals intending that someone would see them and be caused alarm and distress".

The incidents allegedly took place on four occasions in Swanley: between January 22 and February 1 2021, January 30 and February 6, and on February 14 and February 27.

Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS special crime division, said: "The CPS has authorised two further charges of exposure against Wayne Couzens, following a referral of evidence by the Metropolitan Police.

"The two alleged offences took place in June 2015 and November 2020.

"Wayne Couzens will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 2 2022.

"The function of the CPS is not to decide whether a person is guilty of a criminal offence, but to make fair, independent and objective assessments about whether it is appropriate to present charges to a court to consider.

"The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against Wayne Couzens are active and that he has the right to a fair trial."

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