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Jeff Pope‘s latest BBC actual play is astir nan tragic decease of Sarah Everard, who was killed by a policeman successful London successful 2021.
The as-yet-untitled bid will analyse nan circumstances that allowed a intersexual offender to become, and remain, a Metropolitan Police officer. It will research how, complete galore years and crossed his profession successful different constabulary forces, important grounds of intersexual offending was many times dismissed and poor vetting and a deficiency of training and information meant captious grounds against him was ne'er collected.
Everard was murdered successful March 2021 by Wayne Couzens, a serving constabulary officer, who has since been sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder. Everard’s death, which came successful nan midst of nan Covid-19 pandemic, caused nationwide protests.
Factual play aficionado Pope has tackled topics successful nan past including Jean Charles de Menezes, Jimmy Savile and The Moors Murderers. His Etty Pictures explanation is producing nan Everard drama.
Pope said: “Wayne Couzens should ne'er person been a constabulary officer, but opportunities to contradict him that privilege were missed. That he was still a serving serviceman connected nan nighttime of March 3rd 2021, aft committing galore intersexual offences complete a agelong play of time, was a calamity waiting to happen, and nan cardinal mobility asked by this drama.”
Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, added: “Drama has a unsocial expertise to sensitively and respectfully tackle existent life subjects and this bid will research nan effect of this horrific crime, nan misogyny and failings from wrong nan Met Police and what lessons tin beryllium learnt. Award-winning writer Jeff Pope will dainty this pinch nan utmost care, helping to guarantee that nan issues that led to Sarah Everard’s execution stay successful nan nationalist consciousness for years to come, whilst continuing to clasp nan constabulary to account.”
