Wayne Couzens, a serving police constable whose “primary role was uniformed patrol duties of diplomatic premises,” had pleaded guilty to Everard’s kidnap and rape in June.
The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement that he had now admitted a charge of murder at the Old Bailey court and would be sentenced at a later date.
Everard, 33, went missing on March 3 after leaving a friend’s house in Clapham, south London, in the early evening. Her body was found on 10 March inside a builder’s bag in woodland near Ashford, Kent, more than 50 miles from where she was last seen.
Couzens had been arrested a day earlier at his nearby home in Kent, on suspicion of kidnap. He was later arrested on suspicion of murder.
Five members of Everard’s family were in the London courtroom as Couzens appeared by video link from Belmarsh high security prison to make his plea, according to PA…
