British police holding a fellow officer on suspicion of kidnap and murder said Friday a body discovered in woodland was that of a missing woman at the centre of a high-profile case that has stoked national anger in the UK. The woman, a 33-year-old marketing executive, vanished while walking home from a friend's flat in south London on the evening of March 3. The case has sent shockwaves through the London force - and the wider public - and triggered a debate about women's safety. The latest development came as detectives said they had been given more time to question a serving member of the Metropolitan Police's elite diplomatic protection unit in connection with the case. "The body has now been recovered and a formal identification procedure has taken place. I can now confirm that it is the body of Sarah Everard," Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Nick Ephgrave told reporters. Ephgrave said hundreds of officers were "working around the clock to establish the full circumstances of Sarah's disappearance and her murder. "A man remains in custody at a London police station on suspicion of committing those crimes," he added. The case has sparked widespread anger in the UK,...
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