50-year-old Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to 19 months in prison at the Old Bailey after admitting three incidents of indecent exposure committed in the months before he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard.

Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to 19 months in prison for flashing at women in the months before he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard.

Couzens is already serving a whole-life sentence for the murder of Sarah Everard who he abducted, raped and killed on March 3, 2021. But on February 13 this year he also admitted to three counts of indecent exposure.

The incidents took place at numerous locations between November 2020 and February 2021.

On the first occasion, Couzens appeared naked in a narrow rural lane in Deal - the Kent coastal town where he is from - and exposed his genitals as a woman cycled past.

He was supposedly on duty at the time, according to the prosecution.

The cyclist later reported the incident online to Kent Police. After Couzens' arrest over the disappearance of Ms Everard, she contacted police again, after recognising his picture.

Following the sentencing, Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS special crime division called the crimes "abhorrent" saying he "caused great distress and discomfort for the victims".

50-year-old Couzens was sentenced to a total of 19 months for the first offence, which took place in woodlands in Kent, and then a subsequent sentence of six months each for the later incidents, at a fast food restaurant in Kent.

They will be served concurrently, meaning an overall sentence of 19 months.

According to report, a number of victims also spoke about the impact that the incidents have had on them.

Couzens also exposed himself to staff at a fast food drive-thru restaurant in Kent, on 14 and 27 February 2021.

In an emotional delivery, one victim said it has made her realise that some police officers could be a threat, and if he had been held accountable at the time of the exposure, it could have saved Ms Everard.