Convicted rapist and murderer Wayne Couzens has been placed in isolation after catching coronavirus in prison with reports suggesting he is "suffering badly".
The killer former Metropolitan Police officer, who is currently serving a full life term, caught the virus while in HMP Frankland.
He was one of the less than 20 prisoners in the Durham jail infected with Covid. A section of the prison was closed off to stop the virus's spread, with food and drink left at the door of Couzen's cell, the Mirror reports. READ MORE: Teenager charged with murder of Dylan Keelan who was stabbed to death The 48-year-old staged a fake Covid arrest to abduct marketing executive Sarah Everard before raping and killing her in March 2021.
A source told The Sun: “People have been talking about karma, but it looks like he will be OK. “He’s been suffering quite badly with it though after coming down with symptoms and has been told to isolate in his cell. “There is not a lot of sympathy for him though, given his former job and what he did with the fake Covid arrest." They added that measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus meant Couzens was safe from other prisoners on his wing.
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