WAYNE Couzens, the former police officer who received a whole-life term for killing Sarah Everard, has reportedly been moved to HMP Frankland in County Durham.

The 48-year-old was sentenced in October for the murder of the 33-year-old former Durham University student.

He has now reportedly been switched from Belmarsh in London, to the Durham prison where other notorious killers such as Levi Bellfield and Ian Huntley are held.

The Northern Echo understands Couzens was taken to hospital on his third day in custody, after being found unconscious in a cell at Wandsworth police station following a suicide attempt before his trial.

As a result he has been segregated on a wing for vulnerable inmates during his time in both prisons.

The Sun has reported a prison source told them other prisoners are ‘queuing to get at him’ and that he ‘has a huge target on his head’ because of his job and what he did.

Couzens was a serving Metropolitan Police officer and abducted an killed Sarah, who studied human geography at St Cuthbert's College in Durham between 2005 to 2008,.

The Old Bailey heard that Couzens arrested Sarah as part of a fake 'Covid patrol' in March and showed her his warrant card.

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Other inmates at HMP Frankland include Lee Rigby’s killer Michael Adebolajo, cop killer David Beiber and Nazi nail-bomber David Copeland.

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was also there before his death last year.

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