Sarah Everard suspect: Met faces inquiry over indecent exposure claim

Force facing investigation into handling of incident days before woman's disappearance

The Metropolitan police is to face an investigation into whether it properly investigated a claim of indecent exposure involving the suspect in the alleged murder of Sarah Everard, days before the marketing executive disappeared.

PC Wayne Couzens has been arrested on suspicion of the kidnap and murder of Everard. He has also been arrested on suspicion of an indecent exposure involving another woman, and this is the incident that will be investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).