Four people who attended a vigil for murdered marketing executive Sarah Everard are being prosecuted in secret court hearings in London for allegedly breaking COVID-19 laws by their attendance.
The vigil followed the discovery of Everard’s body in Kent. Her killer turned out to be a serving police officer, PC Wayne Couzens, and in September last year he admitted kidnap, rape, and murder and was given a whole life sentence.
The spontaneous vigil, which was attended by hundreds of people, took place on Clapham Common, not far from where Everard was abducted by Couzens, who tricked her into getting into his car in handcuffs after telling her she was in breach of the lockdown rules….