London policeman appears in court after being murder charge

London, March 14 : A serving Metropolitan Police officer appeared in court in London after being charged with the kidnap and murder of a 33-year-old woman.
Wayne Couzens, 48, was arrested on Tuesday after Sarah Everard, a marketing executive, went missing while walking home from a friend’s apartment in south London on March 3, reports Xinhua news agency.
Everard’s remains were found on Wednesday in an area of woodland in Kent, about 80 km away in southeast England, the court heard on Saturday.
Couzens arrived at the central London court at 10 a.m. in a large blue police van, stepping into the dock around 10.30 a.m., according to the Evening Standard newspaper.
He wore a grey tracksuit and appeared to have a red wound on the top of his forehead, the newspaper reported.
Couzens spoke only to confirm his name and personal details, sitting between two plain clothes officers in the dock.