The restrictions on the closure and closure of restaurants and bars due to the coronavirus pandemic have emptied most streets in London. Although city officials have acknowledged that ‘too many women feel unsafe when traveling, working or going out at night’, little has been done to make the streets safer during locks, while walking is one of the few activities that people are allowed to do in the public.
“Sarah’s disappearance feels so close to the leg, because every time women walk alone after dark, no matter how unconsciously, we have the fear that something horrible could happen,” Marisa Bate, a freelance writer, said on Twitter.
Another woman, Jess Jones, wrote on the platform, “If people are no longer safe to walk home through residential streets in south London, is it not time for lockdown?”
This week, officers searched dams in Clapham Common and cordoned off a block of apartment buildings near where Ms Everard disappeared, the British newspaper reported. Police also searched a forest area and a property in Kent, about 70 km southeast of London.
According to one estimate, London has nearly 700,000 CCTV cameras, and Metropolitan Police have been appealing to residents for their private security systems throughout the week.
“We have seized a number of CCTV recordings, but we know there will probably be many more,” Detective Chief Inspector Katherine Goodwin said in a statement. “If you’m not sure, please go through your call or CCTV recording in case it has an idea.”
Photos released by Metropolitan Police show Ms Everard the night of her disappearance, wearing a green coat and white and blue trousers. Police apparently also wore green headphones and a white hat.