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hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. hundreds of women in london have gathered in defiance of covid rules to hold a memorial for sarah everard. she was kidnapped and murdered two weeks ago and her death has become the focus of widespread anger in the uk about sexual violence against women. this was the scene a little while ago ago as groups of women gathered on clapham common in south london, near to where sarah everard was last seen. they held a candlelit vigil, despite the official cancellation of the event because of coronavirus restrictions. concern about case has been fuelled by the charging of a serving police officer with sarah everard s murder. and there s criticism too for the way the police have tried to break up saturday s event. there was supposed to be an official vigil here at 6:30pm. that was cancelled after the women s safety campaign group reclaim these streets failed to get a judge to overturn the metropolitan police s or ....
i met martine croxall. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. police in london have been heavily criticised for breaking up an unauthorised vigil for a woman who was kidnapped and murdered. sarah everard s death has become the focus of widespread anger in the uk about sexual violence against women. it s all the more sensitive because a serving policeman has been charged with the killing. groups of women gathered on clapham common in south london, near to where sarah everard was last seen. they held the memorial, despite the official cancellation of the event because of coronavirus rules. the police said the gathering breached restrictions and images on social media show the police forcibly removing people and pinning a woman to the ground. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said the scenes were unacceptable. helena wilkinson reports. not far from where sarah everard went missing 11 days ago, a visible outpouring of grief. hundreds gathered ....