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Wayne Cousins - report says he should never have been a police officer

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Sarnia Thu 29-Feb-24 15:23:59

It beggars belief that nobody joined the dots and saw the type of person they had serving as a police officer. It must turn the knife for Sarah Everard's family and friends to read this and think if someone had done their job, Couzens would not have had the opportunity to have killed her. However, he is clearly a warped and dangerous man who would have committed further crimes. Giving him the nickname 'The Rapist' tells me all I need to know about the sort of low life he is and the worrying mindset of his colleagues who thought it amusing to call him that. I suppose those who received and shared on-line messages with Couzens will discredit any findings from this inquiry as it is being chaired by a mere woman.

Iam64 Thu 29-Feb-24 15:14:37

This man’s crimes are also being discussed under the thread on the sexual offences the father of the male convicted of murdering Brianna.
The inquiry into Wayne Cousins is so shocking it probably needs its own

Iam64 Thu 29-Feb-24 15:10:58

the inquiry chair, Lady Elish Angiolini identified at least five incidents which were not reported to police, so there could be more victims.

+. Eight reports of indecent exposure
+. A ‘very serious sexual assault’ on a young girl while he was
In his twenties
+. Attempting to kidnap a woman at knifepoint in 1995
+. Raping a woman during a singles night in East London between 2006 and early 2007
+. Raping another woman under a bridge in London in October 2019
+. Inappropriately touching a man I. A bar in summer 2019

He raped and murdered Sarah Everard in south London in 2021

Reported to police 8 times for indecent exposure between 2008 and 2022 but co tinted in service due to ‘lethargic and inadequate investigations ‘