Wayne Couzens: many missed warning signs before Sarah Everard murder

Inquiry highlights a series of chances to spot his danger to women and his unsuitability to be an officer

The danger that Wayne Couzens, now 51, posed to women should have been spotted before he was allowed to join the police, a report has found, and it identified several “red flags” in his past. Here is a timeline of Couzens’ behaviour.

1995 Allegations about Couzens’ offending go back more than 25 years before Everard’s murder. In the mid-90s, when he was in his early 20s, it is alleged he kidnapped a woman in London. The incident was reported at the time but the perpetrator was never caught. The woman contacted police again when she recognised Couzens in news reports about Everard’s murder.