{"id":296146,"date":"2021-07-11T02:49:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T23:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/british-cop-turned-killer-wayne-couzens-had-dreams-of-stardom\/"},"modified":"2021-07-11T02:49:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T23:49:25","slug":"british-cop-turned-killer-wayne-couzens-had-dreams-of-stardom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/british-cop-turned-killer-wayne-couzens-had-dreams-of-stardom\/","title":{"rendered":"#British cop turned killer Wayne Couzens had dreams of stardom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#British cop turned killer Wayne Couzens had dreams of stardom<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brit cop turned killer Wayne Couzens harbored dreams of stardom that included hopes of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing on the silver screen.<\/p>\n<p>Couzens, 48, once auditioned to be a gun-toting actor in what The Sun of London <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/15549076\/sarah-everard-killer-wayne-couzens-auditioned-gangster-movie\/\">described<\/a> as a \u201clow-budget gangster flick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The firearms officer pleaded guilty Friday to killing 33-year-old advertising executive Sarah Everard in a case that has gripped the United Kingdom. Couzens abducted the woman after she left a friend\u2019s house in South London in March. He will be sentenced in September.<\/p>\n<p>A photo alleged to be from the movie audition shows Couzens handling a cell phone as if it were a handgun in an apparent effort to impress directors.<\/p>\n<p>Childhood friends told The Sun that Couzens also dreamed of becoming a rock star and was nicknamed Johnny Rotten \u2013 famed frontman for The Sex Pistols \u2013 because of his ginger hair.<\/p>\n<p>Couzens was also accused of indecent exposure in 2015, according to recent reports. Kent Police are being investigated for their handling of the charge.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"585\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"In this file photo taken on March 11, 2021 an undated handout picture released by the Metropolitan Police shows Sarah Everard.\" class=\"wp-image-18779826 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-086.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-086.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-086.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1142 1142w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-086.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=585 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 585px\"\/><figcaption>Wayne Couzens pleaded guilty to killing Everard. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">METROPOLITAN POLICE\/AFP via Gett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Sarah Everard was 33 at the time of her death.\" class=\"wp-image-18779841 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-088.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-088.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-088.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-088.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=691 691w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-088.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 691px\"\/><figcaption>Sarah Everard was 33 at the time of her death.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Well-wishers gather beside floral tributes to honor murder victim Sarah Everard at the bandstand on Clapham Common in southwest London.\" class=\"wp-image-18779851 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-087.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-087.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-087.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-087.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-087.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Well-wishers gather beside floral tributes to honor murder victim Sarah Everard at the bandstand on Clapham Common in southwest London.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Wayne Couzens will be sentenced for his crimes later this year.\" class=\"wp-image-18779854 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-murder-092.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-murder-092.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-murder-092.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-murder-092.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819 819w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-murder-092.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 819px\"\/><figcaption>Wayne Couzens will be sentenced for his crimes later this year.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Metropolitan Police\/Handout via Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Carolyn Oakley, Crown Prosecution Service specialist prosecutor in the Special Crime Division, speaking outside the Old Bailey in central London after Wayne Couzens pleaded guilty.\" class=\"wp-image-18779855 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-murder-091.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-murder-091.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-murder-091.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-murder-091.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-murder-091.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1333 1333w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Carolyn Oakley, Crown Prosecution Service specialist prosecutor in the Special Crime Division, speaking outside the Old Bailey in central London after Wayne Couzens pleaded guilty.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">PA Images\/Sipa USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, Couzens\u2019 admission that he kidnapped, raped and murdered Everard has apparently shocked long-time acquaintances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the last person I\u2019d expect to see linked to it,\u201d one friend told The Sun. \u201cHe was always a bit strange, he never said much. But he was still a very nice guy, completely harmless. It makes this all even more chilling and mystifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everard was kidnapped in London on March 3 and her body found two weeks later more than 50 miles away in Kent. Officials report that she had been strangled.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Couzens, 48, once auditioned to be a gun-toting actor in what The Sun of London described as a \u201clow-budget gangster flick.\u201d The firearms officer pleaded guilty&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":296147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Sarah-Everard-comp-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[111601,18981,70229,12115,4966],"class_list":["post-296146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-7-10-21","tag-london","tag-murder","tag-police","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}