Programme Overview
Description
Sarah Everard’s murderer Wayne Couzens is behind bars. But that is not the end of the story. Did this callous murderer get away with many more crimes, shielded by his job as a police officer? And are the Metropolitan Police failing other potential murder victims by not investigating that they could have harbored a serial killer within their own ranks for over two decades?
Conducted over a 12-month period, this in-depth feature-length investigation delves into a dark story of abuse and coverups that predate the shocking murder of Sarah Everard, unpicking the many possible moments that could have saved her life, and tracing the possibility that there may be many many more female victims in the UK and abroad, whose murders may be linked to Sarah’s killer.
Produced by an all-female production team, Wayne Couzens: Killer in Plain Sight represents the unheard voices of survivors of police sexual violence and reveals a culture of misogyny within the police, a lack of scrutiny with catastrophic results.
Using the story of Wayne Couzens as a thread throughout, this documentary unpicks the red flags that went unnoticed leading up to the rape and murder of Sarah. The film uncovers a much bigger story of sexual violence in the police force, a force “where sexual predators and domestic abusers were hidden in plain sight."
With over 1,000 police officers now being investigated over cases of alleged sexual offenses or domestic violence in the Met*, the film reveals fresh evidence and asks if women’s faith in policing can be restored.