A McDonald's manager has contradicted the evidence of a former Metropolitan Police officer about CCTV footage of flashing incidents involving Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens
A McDonald's manager has contradicted the evidence of a former Metropolitan Police officer about CCTV footage of flashing incidents involving Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens.
Ex-police constable Samatha Lee is said to have failed to make"the correct investigative inquiries" over two incidents whenexposed himself at the restaurant's drive-through in Swanley, Kent, on 14 and 27 February 2021. On both occasions, Couzens - then a serving Met Police officer - was seen by female staff to have his pants open and his penis on display.Moments before Couzens exposed himselfMs Lee attended the restaurant to interview the branch's manager, Sam Taylor, hours before Couzens kidnappedMs Lee is alleged to have lied about her actions when questioned later, as she claimed she believed the CCTV at the restaurant deleted automatically and so there was no CCTV evidence of Couzens or the offence.
At a police disciplinary hearing, Mr Taylor said he had shown Ms Lee CCTV footage and told her it could be downloaded onto a USB stick."I showed her what I looked at before using the time from the receipts and it shows the car coming around." He said he told her Couzens' registration plate could be seen in the CCTV footage of the second incident."I said: 'We could burn this on a USB'," he added.Mr Taylor told the hearing he showed Ms Lee all the evidence he had, adding:"I told her everything I knew and I explained how we caught him out the second time.""It wasn't quick, it wasn't long either, it was probably 10 minutes," he added.
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