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“We’re terrified. Have the police learnt nothing after Sarah Everard?” — how a spate of sex attacks in Hackney has re-ignited women’s safety fears

Three men have now been arrested over the 22 reported sexual assaults on lone women in the area since February. But why did it take so long and how can locals be sure it won’t happen again? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Pressure on Priti Patel over inquiry into resignation of London police chief

Exclusive: Labour MP demands removal of home secretary’s choice to lead probe

The Independent UK

New Met police chief must commit to root and branch reform, demands Sadiq Khan

In a major speech, the Mayor said he owed it to victims such as Sarah Everard and Stephen Lawrence to deliver major change at Scotland Yard

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Sarah Everard vigil attendees ‘wanted to fight with police’, claims Met officer

Six people are now being prosecuted by Scotland Yard for attending the vigil, with three already convicted and issued with £220 Covid fines

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on policing protest: the wrong approach

Editorial: The Met’s approach towards last year’s Sarah Everard vigil has gone from counterproductive to vindictive

The Guardian - UK

'It's not sexy...' students demand school uniforms stop being sold in sex shops after being harassed in street

"It shouldn't be legal for these things to be watched and enjoyed on a sexual level"

Manchester Evening News

Female protesters fear policing bill will ramp up officers violence against them

‘What do we do if we stop fighting for our human rights? It becomes a dictatorship,’ says Patsy Stevenson

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Woman convicted under Covid laws for attending Sarah Everard vigil accuses Met Police of ‘power play’

A woman who was fined for attending the vigil for murdered Londoner Sarah Everard has accused the Met Police of a “power play” by bringing criminal prosecutions and says intends to try to overturn her conviction.

Evening Standard

Three fined for Covid breaches over Sarah Everard vigil

It comes after the Met's policing of the vigil came under heavy criticism

Wales Online

The Standard View: The Met’s decision to prosecute Sarah Everard vigil attendees shows how far it has to go

They were disturbing scenes at a moment of heightened tension — women being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by police during the vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common on March 13 last year.

Evening Standard

Sarah Everard vigil attendees convicted and fined after Met Police prosecution

Three people have been convicted by a magistrate of breaking the Covid regulations by attending the event, each receiving a fine of £220 plus £134 in court costs and fees

Evening Standard

Isn’t it frightening that a lone woman seeing a policeman now feels afraid, not reassured?

While the Met wastes time pursuing the Sarah Everard protesters through the courts, it destroys what little trust is left, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Racism, misogyny, homophobia, corruption: we want to fix the crisis in policing

The appointment of a new leader for Britain’s biggest force is imminent and will be critical, says the secret chief constable

The Guardian - UK

Met officers ‘feared Sarah Everard vigil had become anti-police protest’

Officers claimed they feared being violently attacked, say reports, but campaigners accuse force of ‘trampling all over human rights’

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Evening Standard

Met officers justify breaking up Sarah Everard vigil as it became ‘anti-police protest’

Accounts from police officers revealed for the first time as six people are prosecuted by Scotland Yard

The Independent UK

Six people facing court action over unpaid Covid fines at Sarah Everard vigil

Hundreds of people had attended a spontaneous gathering in Clapham Common, south London.

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Everard vigil: Met to prosecute six over alleged Covid rule breaches

Those charged allegedly attended outside gathering of more than two when London was under tier 4 restrictions

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Four people to be prosecuted for alleged breaches of Covid laws at Sarah Everard vigil

The gathering took place in March 2021 while strict restrictions were in place

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Met Police under fire for ‘dreadful’ Covid prosecutions over Sarah Everard vigil

The Met Police has been accused of a “dreadful” decision to prosecute four attendees at a vigil for murdered Sarah Everard using Covid lockdown laws.

The Independent UK

Four people who attended Sarah Everard vigil in court accused of Covid law breaking

Hundreds of people gathered at the event at Clapham Common in March 2021

The Guardian - UK

My advice to the new Cressida Dick: police violent men, not the women they abuse

Whoever takes over as Met police chief must be committed to reforming a broken system rife with institutional misogyny, says the author Laura Bates

Evening Standard

Met Police prosecuting Sarah Everard vigil attendees over alleged Covid lockdown rule breaking

The Metropolitan Police is prosecuting four people for allegedly breaking Covid lockdown rules at the vigil for murdered marketing executive Sarah Everard.

Evening Standard

Met Police fails in appeal against ‘unlawful’ decision to block Sarah Everard vigil

The Metropolitan Police has lost a bid to appeal against its High Court defeat over the handling of the vigil for murdered Sarah Everard.

Evening Standard

Race for top job at Met narrows with two candidates left in running

The final two in the frame for the top job at Scotland Yard are ‘both high-calibre candidates’

Evening Standard

Boys in blue battle for the top job at the Met

The shortlist is narrowing, but with accusations of institutional racism, homophobia and misogyny, is the Commissioner’s job a poisoned chalice, asks Anthony France

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