Sarah Everard and a reckoning about violence against women
CBC News | Posted: March 18, 2021 1:36 AM | Last Updated: March 18, 2021
On the night of March 3, Sarah Everard, 33, was walking home from a friend's house in South London. She never made it.
After days of searching, police announced they had found her remains — and that a London Metropolitan police officer had been charged with her kidnapping and murder.
This sparked a series of vigils and protests in London and an outpouring of stories from women who identify with Everard's story. Today on Front Burner, Guardian reporter Alexandra Topping on how Everard's killing has spurred a national conversation about violence against women in the U.K.