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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

Met police breached rights of organisers of Sarah Everard vigil, court rules

People shine phone torches during a vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common in March 2021
People shine phone torches during a vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common in March 2021. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA Media

The Metropolitan police breached the rights of the organisers of a planned vigil for Sarah Everard in the way they handled the planned event, high court judges have ruled, in a decision hailed as a “victory for women”.

Reclaim These Streets (RTS) proposed a socially distanced vigil for the 33-year-old, who was murdered by a serving Met officer, Wayne Couzens, near to where she went missing in Clapham, south London, in March last year.

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