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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Margaret Davis

‘Extraordinary dignity’ of Sarah Everard’s family hailed five years after death

Sarah Everard was murdered by a serving police officer as she walked home from her friend’s house in south London in March 2021 (Family handout/PA) - (PA Media)

Britain’s most senior police officer has hailed the “extraordinary dignity in the face of unbearable grief” shown by the family of Sarah Everard on the fifth anniversary of her murder.

The 33-year-old was raped and killed by a serving Metropolitan Police officer who tricked her into thinking she could be arrested for breaking Covid lockdown rules as she walked home from a friend’s house in south London on March 3 2021.

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