The murder of Sarah Everard, a year on
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The Times
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🗓️ 4 March 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
One year ago this week, Sarah Everard was kidnapped by a serving police officer as she walked home in south London and then raped and killed. Her murder sparked global outrage and shone a harsh light on police culture and violence against women. But, a year later, has anything changed?
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| 0:00.0 | Before we begin a warning, today's episode deals with a case of sexual assault and murder. |
| 0:13.0 | We've been following the war in Ukraine all week and we'll have more on that for you |
| 0:17.4 | on Monday, but today we wanted to stop and mark something that happened a year ago, |
| 0:23.6 | but which had an enormous impact on women across the country. |
| 0:28.8 | In March, Sarah Everard was walking home from a friend's house in South London when |
| 0:34.8 | she was kidnapped and murdered. |
| 0:38.2 | The Serving Police Constable has tonight been charged with the kidnapped and murder of Sarah Everard. |
| 0:44.4 | I speak on behalf of all my colleagues when I say that we are utterly appalled. |
| 0:53.1 | Her death sparked an outpouring of grief and anger across the country. |
| 0:59.4 | Women didn't feel safe and they didn't trust the police. |
| 1:04.9 | It's really upsetting, it's really brought up a lot of emotions for everyone. |
| 1:08.1 | Yes, touched all of us living here. |
| 1:11.0 | It genuinely could have been anyone. |
| 1:13.7 | You can see the anger, like you can see like now people are coming out on the streets |
| 1:18.1 | and they have enough. |
| 1:23.4 | Yesterday, Sarah's family released a statement remembering their beloved daughter and sister. |
| 1:30.8 | It is a year since Sarah died and we remember her today as every day with all our love. |
| 1:36.9 | Our lives have changed forever and we live with the sadness of our loss. |
| 1:40.9 | Sarah was wonderful and we miss her all the time. |
| 1:44.5 | Sadly, Sarah is not the only woman to have lost her life recently in violent circumstances |
| 1:50.2 | and we would like to extend our deepest sympathy to other families who are also grieving. |
| 2:01.1 | We were promised it was a watershed moment but a year later has anything changed. |
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