Women given mixed advice on checking police identity after Sarah Everard murder

Met says plainclothes officers will no longer patrol on their own as force admits it needs to do more to earn trust

Police have told women to ask an officer for his warrant card if worried about his identity in the aftermath of the sentencing of Sarah Everard's murderer - despite the fact her killer used his official ID to ensnare her.

Senior policing figures have been asked how women can be sure they are not being deceived in the light of Everard's murder by Wayne Couzens, who was a serving officer with the Metropolitan police at the time.