Wayne Couzens ‘will be targeted in jail’ as ‘every prisoner is queueing up to make a name for themselves’ says ex-con
EVIL cop Wayne Couzens will be "targeted in jail" as "every prisoner is queuing up to make a name for themselves", an ex-prisoner said.
Met Police officer Couzens raped and murdered Sarah Everard after pretending to arrest her in Clapham, South London in March.
Couzens was sentenced to a whole life order on Thursday and will die behind bars.
Noel Smith, an armed robber who served 11 years behind bars, said Couzens' experience in prison will make him wish he had received a death sentenced instead.
Smith said Couzens will be a prime target for attacks from fellow prisoners as he is both a former cop and a rapist.
He told : "He’s going to wish in four or five years that they had hanged him.
"People will be queueing up to get at him, right down to the petty thief who wants to make a name for himself."
Smith said Couzens would be fearful of being stabbed or scalded with boiling water by other inmates.
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Following his sentencing, Couzens was sent to HMP Belmarsh before joining the "dispersal system" - a network of five high-security jails where inmates can be moved around without warning.
Harrowing details of Sarah's murder were revealed for the first time in court this week.
The Old Bailey heard how Couzens used his warrant card to lure Sarah into his car as she walked home by claiming he was on a Covid patrol.
In chilling footage, the young woman can be seen in the back of his car before she was horrifically murdered by the sick cop.
Just five minutes later, terrified Sarah was driven for 80 miles from London to Kent at the start of a “lengthy ordeal” that was to lead “inexorably to her rape and murder".
COPS SLAMMED
Meanwhile, police have been slammed for urging women to "flag down a bus" if approached by a lone male cop in the wake of Sarah Everard's murder.
Scotland Yard have released a new strategy aimed to protect women after Couzens was convicted.
They say any woman stopped by a male officer they don't trust should "run into a house" or "wave down a bus".
The Met is also advising Londoners to "shout out to a passer-by" or call 999 despite women highlighting a deep mistrust of police after Sarah's killing.
But their new guidance has sparked outrage - with many branding it "deeply insulting" and "derisory".
Labour MP Wes Streeting said: "Apparently bus drivers should stop if someone is waving them down in the street away from a bus stop, just in case, because that’s a better answer than the Met getting their act together?! The more ministers and the Met are saying, the less reassuring they are. Utterly woeful".
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Activist Patsy Stevenson, who was wrestled to the ground at a vigil for Sarah, said: "Telling us that we should scream and draw attention to ourselves, or call 999 to check, or wave down a bus, is like saying she could have stopped it.
"She couldn’t have. This was not down to her. We should be able to trust that a police officer is not going to murder us."
HOW YOU CAN GET HELP
Women's Aid has this advice for victims and their families:
- Always keep your phone nearby.
- Get in touch with charities for help, including the Women’s Aid live chat helpline and services such as SupportLine.
- If you are in danger, call 999.
- Familiarise yourself with the Silent Solution, reporting abuse without speaking down the phone, instead dialing “55”.
- Always keep some money on you, including change for a pay phone or bus fare.
- If you suspect your partner is about to attack you, try to go to a lower-risk area of the house – for example, where there is a way out and access to a telephone.
- Avoid the kitchen and garage, where there are likely to be knives or other weapons. Avoid rooms where you might become trapped, such as the bathroom, or where you might be shut into a cupboard or other small space.
If you are a victim of domestic abuse, SupportLine is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm on 01708 765200. The charity’s email support service is open weekdays and weekends during the crisis – [email protected].
Women’s Aid provides a - available every day from 10am-6pm.
You can also call the freephone 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.
