Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has said the report into Wayne Couzens has provided an “urgent call” to police officers to earn back the trust of the public.

Responding to Lady Elish Angiolini’s report, Sir Mark said: “There is nothing we can say to the family of Sarah Everard and all those who loved her that will convey how very sorry we are.

“Wayne Couzens’ crimes were horrific. The fact that he abused his position as a Metropolitan Police officer to carry them out represents the most appalling betrayal of trust.

“It damages the relationship between the public and the police and exposes long-standing fundamental flaws in the way we decide who is fit to be a police officer and the way we pursue those who corrupt our integrity once they get in.

“The report published today is an urgent call to action for all of us in policing. We must go further and faster to earn back the trust of all those whose confidence in policing has been shaken by events of recent years.”

The Angiolini report found Sarah Everard’s killer should never have been given a job as a police officer and chances to stop the sexual predator were repeatedly ignored and missed.

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