Sarah Everard’s murderer Wayne Couzens has been allowed to buy an Xbox 360 in prison as a reward for good behaviour, according to reports.
A source told The Sun that Couzens, 44, was able to purchase the console for £165 under the Prison Service’s incentives scheme.
The former Met Police officer was handed a whole life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of Ms Everard in March 2021. He abducted the 33-year-old as she walked home from a friend’s house in Clapham.
Couzens used his warrant card and handcuffs to snatch the marketing executive off the street, using Covid lockdown rules to make a false arrest.
He is currently serving his sentence at HMP Frankland in County Durham.
A source told The Sun that Couzens had been allowed to buy the Xbox but was not allowed to play violent, 18+ video games.
He said: “He was moaning about that and will have to content himself with things like the motorsport and fantasy games.
“It is probably best for him that he stays in his cell away from all the other cons anyway.
“But it is pretty sick that he wanted to play the shooter games, given the fact he was obsessed with guns before he killed Sarah.”
A Prison Service spokesperson told the newspaper: “Incentives schemes encourage good behaviour and prevent violence against staff.”
The Standard has contacted the Prison Service for further comment.
Couzens, who had been a member of the Kent Special Constabulary before moving to the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in 2011, joined the Met in September 2018, working for the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command and on uniformed Covid patrols.
After the sentencing, Ms Everard’s devastated family said that, while nothing could bring her back, knowing Couzens “will be imprisoned forever brings some relief”.
A vigil was held for Ms Everard on Friday to mark the anniversary of her death.
