Wayne Couzens’ wife, Elena Couzens, was arrested on suspicion of aiding Sarah Everard’s kidnapping. Everard was kidnapped in south London on March 3, and her remains were found in Kent in early March 12. The mystery of his kidnapping is dominating British news, as Wayne is an officer in the Metropolitan Police.
Elena is a Ukrainian-British scientist who married Wayne in 2006. She was arrested by the police on March 9 and later released on bail. The couple has two children together.
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Who is Elena Couzens?
Elena Sukhoreba Couzens was born and raised in Ukraine. She has a degree in biochemistry from the University of Donetsk. After graduating in 2003, Elana went to work as a laboratory technician in Ukraine before moving to the UK. In 2006, she married Wayne after the couple met online. She gave birth to a daughter in 2010 and a son in 2012. After moving to the UK, Sarah worked for the first time at a Boots store in Canterbury, Kent.
At the time of her arrest, the 38-year-old woman worked for Medical Engineering Technologies Limited, an engineering firm in Dover, Kent. There seemed to be nothing extraordinary about the couple, who lived in Freemen’s Way, Deal, Kent. Elena was described as “chatty” by neighbors, but she did not speak English very well, according to the landlady.
The family visited Ukraine in 2017 and Dubai in 2019. Elena’s mother, Nina Sukhoreba, is a retired teacher who lives in Kirovograd, 185 miles south of Kiev.
Everard’s disappearance remains a mystery
Everard’s high-profile case has dominated the nation since his mysterious disappearance on March 3. The working theory now is that Wayne, an officer in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, used his identity to lure Everard before kidnapping her. It is unclear what role Elena played, if any, in the terrible incident. Everard’s remains were found in a forest in Kent, near the Couzens’ home.
So far, the police have not yet discovered the reason for the incident. A police statement said: “The man is a Metropolitan Police officer on duty at the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command. His main role was to uniformly patrol the diplomatic facilities. A 30-year-old woman was also arrested on the night of September 9. March on suspicion of helping a criminal. She remains in custody. “