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HELEN O’CONNOR reports from Saturday’s vigil for Sarah Everard, where mourning women found themselves victims of a brutal display of state force

A SERVING police officer, a supposedly trusted public figure and protector of people, has been charged with the murder of a young woman taken in the prime of her life. 

This horror resonates so deeply with so many women who have been abused and hurt by men claiming to be our protectors. 

This is why so many of us felt compelled to go to Clapham Common on Saturday. 

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