Body found in Kent woodland identified as Sarah Everard

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave made the announcement outside Scotland Yard.

He said: “On Wednesday evening detectives investigating the disappearance of Sarah Everard discovered a body secreted in woodland in Kent.

“The body has now been recovered and a formal identification procedure has been undertaken. I can now confirm that it is the body of Sarah Everard.”

He said that Sarah Everard’s family had been told this “most distressing news”.

The Metropolitan Police officer accused of her murder remains in custody, he added.