The whole life sentence for the killer of Sarah Everard dominates the national front pages on Friday.
Metro says “warped Wayne Couzens will die in jail”, while the Daily Express and the Daily Mirror cover growing demands for a radical overhaul of policing after Couzens used his force ID and handcuffs to kidnap the 33-year-old.
Friday’s front page:
TAKE HIM DOWN#tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/pFC9Efs7yv
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) September 30, 2021
Tomorrow’s front page: In Sarah’s memory … keep our streets safe#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/KgznN6glmx pic.twitter.com/vbq7zorrf0
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) September 30, 2021
Tomorrow’s front page: Never again #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/Dhfw29DuLG pic.twitter.com/Hwm8BZLvgs
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) September 30, 2021
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick’s quote that the incident had caused the “previous bond of trust” to be damaged between the public and her officers is used as the headline for The Daily Telegraph.
?The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:
‘Precious bond of trust has been damaged’#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 30, 2021
Police have accepted they may have had enough information to identify Couzens as a threat to women before he attacked Ms Everard, reports The Guardian, while The Times says the killer exchanged misogynistic, racist and homophobic material with colleagues “who are now under criminal investigation”.
Guardian front page, Friday 1 October 2021: Shaming of the Met: killer officer given full life term pic.twitter.com/PyScv08EyT
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 30, 2021
THE TIMES: Everard killer and police shared abusive messages #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/L9QUyjHUAY
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 30, 2021
There have been calls for Dame Cressida to resign, according to the i and The Independent, with the Daily Mail saying the commissioner was “hanging her head in shame”.
Police chief urged to quit. Friday’s @theipaper front page #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers #skypapers #saraheverard pic.twitter.com/F67RpulSMq
— Tim Alden (@timaldi) September 30, 2021
INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: @metpoliceuk chief told to go for ‘shame’ of Everard failure #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/qzZ3TSEwZw
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 30, 2021
MAIL: Hanging her head in shame #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/UkPfvUwFoz
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 30, 2021
Meanwhile, the Financial Times reports business leaders have warned ministers of an “autumn storm” of rising taxes, increasing costs, labour shortages and supply disruption, with experts telling the Daily Star “shortages will ruin Christmas”.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 1 October https://t.co/y1RcnZawmr pic.twitter.com/aaQDOiuyoy
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 30, 2021
Tomorrow’s front page: Now experts say shortages will ruin Christmas #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/aCXSDXu8wc pic.twitter.com/ijKQPdxepq
— Daily Star (@dailystar) September 30, 2021
And The Sun writes “fuming” motorists were turned away from a fully-stocked petrol station so James Nesbitt could film a TV drama.
Tomorrow’s front page: Fuming motorists turned away from fully-stocked petrol station so James Nesbitt can film a TV dramahttps://t.co/NEgrxTKzzL pic.twitter.com/2ykcljKXlf
— The Sun (@TheSun) September 30, 2021

