Sarah Everard inquiry finds police are still failing to stop sex predators

Sarah Everard's mother has told how the 'horror' of her daughter's murder torments her - as a report reveals too many predators are still getting away with their crimes.Four years on from the brutal rape and murder of the 33-year-old marketing executive, an independent inquiry has found that perpetrators are often escaping detection and prosecution for sexually motivated crimes due to police inaction and a 'scattergun approach' to reform.In her inquiry into preventing sex crimes against women in public spaces following the 2021 murder, Lady Elish Angiolini KC warned today: 'Too many perpetrators are slipping through the cracks in an overworked system.'Astonishingly, despite a 'spotlight' on violence against women and girls following a furore over Sarah's murder by Scotland Yard officer Wayne Couzens, police still do not know how many women are being raped in public spaces as forces are unable to answer 'basic questions'.