LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan said it would “take years” to repair confidence in the police on the third anniversary of Sarah Everard’s murder yesterday.

The 33-year-old marketing executive was raped and killed by off-duty Met Police officer Wayne Couzens after he said he could arrest her for breaking lockdown rules as she walked home in south London.

Her grieving family said she died because Couzens was a police officer and she “would never have got into a stranger’s car” after an inquiry chaired by Lady Elish Angiolini said that the 51-year-old should never have been given a job as a police officer and chances to stop the sexual predator were repeatedly ignored and missed.

Mr Khan said: “My thoughts are with the family and loved ones of Sarah Everard on the third anniversary of her tragic death, on what must be an unimaginably difficult day for all those who knew and loved Sarah.

“Sarah’s murder by a serving police officer horrified the entire country and significantly damaged the trust and confidence women and girls have in the police. This will take years to repair.

“We owe it to Sarah, Zara Aleena, Sabina Nessa, Nicole Smallman, Bibaa Henry and every other woman who has had their life brutally stolen from them to do all we can to prevent violence against women and girls.”

The Casey Review, commissioned by the Met in the wake of Everard’s murder, found the force was institutionally misogynist, racist and homophobic in March 2023.

Home Secretary James Cleverly has said officers will be automatically suspended in future if charged with certain criminal offences.

Labour said it would introduce compulsory violence against women and girls training and to overhaul police vetting procedures.