Sarah Everard “spent her last hours on Earth with the very worst of humanity,” her mother has said as her killer Wayne Couzens prepares to be sentenced.

       Reading a statement at the Old Bailey in London, Susan Everard said she was “tormented” by the thought of what her daughter had endured.

       “She spent her last hours on this earth with the very worst of humanity,” she said. “She lost her life because Wayne Couzens wanted to satisfy his perverted desires.”

       The mother said she was “repulsed” by the thought of what the former Metropolitan Police officer had done to her daughter, adding: “I am outraged that he masqueraded as a policeman in order to get what he wanted.”

       Ms Everard’s father, Jeremy Everard, demanded his daughter’s killer look at him as he read out an emotional victim impact statement.

       A picture of Ms Everard was displayed in court as he told Couzens: “A father wants to look after his children and fix everything and you have deliberately and with pre-meditation stopped my ability to do that.

       “I can never forgive you for what you have done, for taking Sarah away from us.

       “You burnt our daughter’s body - you further tortured us - so that we could not see her again.

       “All my family want is Sarah back with us. No punishment that you receive will ever compare to the pain and torture that you have inflicted on us.”

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