UK Cop Who Killed London Woman Appeals Life Sentence

"An application for permission to mount an appeal against sentence has been lodged," said a Court of Appeal official.

The British policeman guilty of murdering Londoner Sarah Everard in a crime that rocked the country launched an appeal on Wednesday against his life sentence.

"An application for permission to mount an appeal against sentence has been lodged," said a Court of Appeal official.

Wayne Couzens, 48, used his police ID card to arrest the 33-year-old as she walked home in south London on the evening of March 3.

He accused her of breaching coronavirus restrictions before handcuffing her, putting her in his car and then raping her.