‘Sarah died because he was a police officer’: Everard family statement in full

Sarah Everard’s family respond to Angiolini inquiry into her murder by former Met officer Wayne Couzens

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Here is the full statement put out by the family of Sarah Everard in response to the Angiolini inquiry into her murder by the former Metropolitan police officer Wayne Couzens.

We have read, with great interest, the first part of the Angiolini inquiry and we are enormously grateful to Lady Elish and her team for their meticulous and in-depth work. The inquiry has raised many important issues and will undoubtedly help to establish changes that will improve the safety of women and girls.

As a family, the inquiry has helped us, not just because of its significant findings, but because its implementation made us feel that Sarah’s life was valued and her memory honoured.