Home Secretary Priti Patel has published the terms of reference for the first phase of the Angiolini Inquiry, named after Dame Elish Angiolini QC who is leading it. It will seek to establish:

       Ms Patel said: "I am determined to understand the failings that enabled a serving officer to commit such heinous crimes.

       "We owe an explanation to Sarah's family and loved ones, and we need to do all in our power to prevent something like this from ever happening again."

       Dame Elish said the terms of reference were a "significant step forward" to "ensuring Sarah's family and the wider public get a full understanding and explanation of the causes of, and factors contributing to, this tragic and harrowing murder".

       Couzens is serving a whole-life order for Ms Everard's kidnap, rape and murder.