Jeff Pope’s latest BBC factual drama is about the tragic death of Sarah Everard, who was killed by a serving policeman in London in 2021.
The as-yet-untitled series will examine the circumstances that allowed a sexual offender to become, and remain, a Metropolitan Police officer. It will explore how, over many years and across his career in different police forces, significant evidence of sexual offending was repeatedly dismissed and poor vetting and a lack of training and motivation meant vital evidence against him was never collected.
Everard was murdered in March 2021 by Wayne Couzens, a serving police officer, who has since been sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder. Everard’s death, which came in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, caused nationwide protests.
Factual drama aficionado Pope has tackled topics in the past including Jean Charles de Menezes, Jimmy Savile and The Moors Murderers. His Etta
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