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Mathilde Grandjean

Murder of Sarah Everard was ‘monumental moment’ for Met Police, detective says

Detective Superintendent Katherine Goodwin, Metropolitan Police Service, after being decorated with the King’s Police Medal at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Berkshire. Picture date: Wednesday November 12, 2025. - (PA Wire)

A Metropolitan Police detective who led the investigation into the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer has described the case as a “monumental moment” for the force.

Detective Superintendent Katherine Goodwin led the manhunt for the murderer of Ms Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive who was kidnapped, raped and murdered by then-serving Met officer Wayne Couzens over the course of March 3 and 4 2021.

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