Britain's most hated policeman Wayne Couzens will not lose his entire Met pension for murdering Sarah Everard because it would infringe his human rights, it was revealed today.
Couzens, who was jailed for life with no parole for the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah, 33, will keep a third of his monthly retirement allowance.
Home Office guidelines state that no more than 65 per cent of a pension can be forfeited - in Couzens' case this percentage relates to the amount paid by the taxpayer via the police.
But he will keep his own contributions, roughly the remaining 35 per cent, and to take that away would be a 'clear infringement of the officer's rights' under the European Convention on Human Rights, judges have ruled previously.
Police forces across the country are facing calls to re-vet all officers after the string of blunders that allowed Wayne Couzens to abuse his role in the murder of Sarah Everard.
A former Met Police chief superintendent yesterday warned that other people with 'questionable backgrounds' may have slipped through flawed vetting procedures.
Claims emerged at the weekend that married Couzens had taken an escort to a colleague's wedding anniversary party at the Hilton hotel in Maidstone, Kent, where he joked about paying for sex.
The former firearms officer was once nicknamed 'the rapist' by colleagues. At his Old Bailey trial it was revealed that Couzens was 'attracted to brutal sexual pornography' as far back as 2002.
Couzens, smirking here in uniform, was jailed for life with no parole for killing Sarah Everard
The beast, 48, abducted her before raping and murdering her before burning her body
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has come under fire over Couzens' crimes
Parm Sandhu, a former Met chief superintendent who worked for the force for almost three decades, said Scotland Yard had fostered a culture where Couzens 'was allowed to flourish'.
Miss Sandhu told Sky News' Trevor Phillips on Sunday: 'Everybody who works in policing now should be re-vetted. Those people who got through the vetting procedure 20 years ago, 30 years ago, all of them.'
She also said that a WhatsApp group in which the murderer and colleagues from three forces allegedly shared offensive messages was a sign of the attitudes that can be damaging to women.
Last week it emerged that two Met officers are still on duty after swapping highly offensive messages with Couzens, who was given a whole life term for the murder of Miss Everard.
Lord Stevens, who served as Met Commissioner between 2000 and 2005, has described the force's vetting procedures as 'not fit for purpose'. But Boris Johnson yesterday rejected calls for a public inquiry amid mounting pressure on Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick to explain how the force
