Wayne Couzens report: Police ignored 'red flags' about Sarah Everard killer's predatory sexual offending

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00:00 The evidence seen by the inquiry has shown that failures in recruitment and betting meant

00:05 Cousins was able to continue a policing career which should have been denied to him. Failures

00:11 in investigations into allegations of indecent exposure meant opportunities to disrupt Cousins'

00:17 offending and bring his policing career to a halt were missed. It is clear that Cousins

00:24 carefully managed the impression he gave people of himself. This included the way he made

00:29 manipulated information on application forms and his troubled finances. It also included

00:36 the way he shared his callous views towards women with only a very small group of like-minded

00:42 people on a social media group. This all enabled him to target vulnerable women while operating

00:48 in plain sight as an apparently unremarkable officer. However, the fact remains that three

00:55 separate police forces allowed him the privilege of being a police officer when they could

01:01 and should have stopped him. Wayne Cousins is a predatory sex offender and murderer.

01:08 Evidence of his alleged offending, his preference for extreme and violent pornography and his

01:14 unmanaged debts date back nearly 20 years prior to Sarah's murder. The report explores

01:21 this in detail but I will draw your attention to some of the major red flags and missed

01:26 opportunities to halt Wayne Cousins' career and bring him to justice.

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