A year on from Sarah Everard's death, Met Police admits more can be done

The Met Police has admitted it still needs to do more to protect women and girls - exactly a year after a serving officer abducted and murdered Sarah Everard.

Met Commander Catherine Roper said: "We've listened to the changes we need to do to help women and girls feel safer. We are identifying every opportunity to improve professional standards.

"We know there is nothing we can do to change the tragic loss of Sarah. We are very sorry... In no way have we made everybody feel safe and that's what we're here to do. We know we've got more work to do."

In a statement, Sarah's family said:

"It is a year since Sarah died and we remember her today, as every day, with all our love. Our lives have changed forever and we live with the sadness of our loss. Sarah was wonderful and we miss her all the time.

"Over the past year we have been overwhelmed with the kindness shown to us, not just by family and friends, but by the wider public. We are immensely grateful to everyone for their support, it has meant such a lot to us and has comforted us through this terrible time.

"Sadly, Sarah is not the only woman to have lost her life recently in violent circumstances and we would like to extend our deepest sympathy to other families who are also grieving."

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