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A public memorial event held following the murder of Sarah Everard (PA)

A Metropolitan Police officer has been dismissed without notice after using internal databases out of curiosity to discover the identity of Sarah Everard's murderer shortly after he was detained.

A tribunal ruled that former PC Clare Tett had no proper policing purpose when accessing the custody records of Wayne Couzens, his wife, and Ms Everard on 10 March 2021.

Ms Tett, who served for over 20 years, was also found to have inappropriately checked files for four other suspects held over serious offences including murder and blackmail.

The panel rejected her defence that she accessed the records to refresh her system licence, noting she clicked through clear warnings regarding unauthorised access.

Her conduct was found to have breached professional standards of confidentiality, orders, and instructions, amounting to gross misconduct.

In full Metropolitan Police officer dismissed…