British police mother-in-law Wayne Couzens has been worried about the “horror” directed at her family since the officer was accused of kidnapping and murdering Sarah Everard.
Nina Sukhoreba he said to the Mirror that her daughter, Elena, who has been married to the London diplomatic protection officer for 15 years, has been forced to tear down her social media because of the rain of hatred.
The messages included those who called the couzenses “scum,” “evil parents,” and hoped the authorities would “take your children away,” the newspaper said.
“I am very surprised at how Western people have behaved,” Sukhoreba told the British newspaper from his home in Ukraine.
“How can they write such a great horror about my family?” she asked.
The interview made no mention of his address to Everard, the 33-year-old marketing executive who was found dead after disappearing on March 3 while going home one night in London.
Her daughter was also arrested last week on suspicion of assisting a criminal. She was rescued until next month and has not been charged.
“Elena is very scared,” a friend of her mother told the UK newspaper. “He can’t believe what’s going on.”
Couzens was arrested last Tuesday and charged with kidnapping and murder. At a court hearing on Tuesday, he was jailed in jail until a trial on July 9, with a provisional trial date of October 25.
Everard, 33, disappeared on March 3 while traveling south of London to Brixton after visiting friends in the nearby town of Clapham. His body was discovered a week later in the woods of Ashford, Kent, about 80 miles away.
Her death sparked massive outrage in the UK and Prime Minister Boris Johnson chaired a special meeting Monday night to address security fears for British women.
“Sarah Everard’s horrible case has sparked a wave of sensations about women not feeling safe at night,” Johnson said. “We have to do everything we can to make our streets safe.”