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  • now in the UK A serving police officer has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a 33 year old woman.

  • Wayne Cousins, who's 48 made his first appearance at a London court on Saturday morning.

  • Sarah Everett's body was found hidden in Woodland more than a week after she went missing.

  • It's believed she was attacked while walking home from a friend's house in south London.

  • Her disappearance and killing have caused a nationwide outcry and prompted a global discussion around women's safety and for more.

  • Let's bring in our correspondent Charlotte chest pill in London.

  • Charlotte Good to see you.

  • This isn't the first murder of a woman in the U.

  • K.

  • What is it about Sarah of Rods Case that's triggered such a passionate reaction and debate about women's safety?

  • I think first of all, you'd have to mention some of the chilling details about this case, which are still emerging.

  • Of course you describe them.

  • They're just now about the man who has been arrested in connection with her murder, a police officer, clearly an alarming development.

  • But this case is something that every woman, certainly in the UK, has been able to relate to.

  • She was walking home from a friend's house when she went missing, and women can all relate to that.

  • They can relate to the fear of walking home alone at night.

  • Women everywhere on social media, on television, in Parliament, here in the UK, now sharing stories of of that fear that they experience everyone sharing how they would carry keys in their hands as they're walking home, how they've sped up in the past, if they felt like someone is following them, how they've changed their route home.

  • And that is a conversation now that is happening on a national level.

  • So much has this tragic story gripped the nation.

  • There was a visual planned for this evening that's now been cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions, but instead donations are coming in thick and fast for women's charities.

  • And, of course, this hasn't just affected women in the UK this is a global issue.

  • There is now a global conversation with women sharing just how they felt in the past as they walk home.

  • And of course, part of that conversation is now women, saying there's got to be a shift in the conversation from urging women to be cautious to changing men's behavior.

  • Right?

  • There is a conversation happening about refocusing the lens here, not just looking at Why are women getting harassed on the street or or sexually harassed?

  • But why is this being perpetrated by by some men?

  • Now men are joining in this conversation, seeing a lot of posts on social media where they're asking, how can they help?

  • How can they make women feel more comfortable if they do find themselves on a street with a woman who is on their own?

  • So this is something that men are now participating in.

  • But this is about re re figuring how we look at cases like this.

  • I think a lot of men coming out on social media saying they weren't aware of the scale of the fear that a lot of women fear on a regular basis.

now in the UK A serving police officer has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a 33 year old woman.

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