By Samantha Jones-
Two police constables and an ex-officer charged with sharing “grossly offensive” messages with Wayne Couzens have been named by prosecutors.
PC Jonathon Cobban, 35, PC William Neville, 33, and former officer Joel Borders, 45, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 16 March to answer the charges.
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The CPS had rejected requests to identify the officers in question, citing operational reasons. They finally named him given the reality they will be in court soon. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the charges arose from an investigation into the phone records of Couzens.
Evil Couzens, 49, raped and murdered Sarah Everard while working for the Met, after kidnapping her in a fake arrest.
PC Cobban and PC Borders are each charged with five counts of sending grossly offensive messages on a public communications network. Mr Neville faces two counts of the same offence. The alleged offences took place between April and August 2019, two years before the murder of the 33-year-old marketing executive.
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Met Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Bas Javid said: “I am deeply concerned to hear two serving officers and a former officer have been charged with these offences.
“I understand that the public will be very concerned too.
“Criminal proceedings must no
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