Couzens was sentenced to a whole life order but he is now mounting an appeal for it to be downgraded to life with a minimum term of 35 to 38 years
He said Couzens initially told police a “ridiculous” story about eastern European gangsters forcing him to kidnap Ms Everard, but he swiftly abandoned that lie.“He did not continue with that defence after that moment”, said Mr Sturman, saying it was easy to imagine other notorious murderers trying to mount a “wicked” defence.
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