Labour promises to make indecent exposure ‘red flag’ offence after Sarah Everard murder

Fundamental review' prompted by killer Wayne Couzens's record of sexual crimes as a police officer

Labour has pledged to overhaul the woefully inadequate" way indecent exposure is treated in the criminal justice system after an inquiry concluded that victims were being failed.

The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said the party would oversee a fundamental review" of the handling of the crime, which would aim to tackle its image as a low-level offence, improve police processes and bring more perpetrators to justice.