A Kent Police sergeant and a Metropolitan Police constable will face misconduct cases over the handling of reports of indecent exposure by killer police officer Wayne Couzens.

It comes after former Deal man Couzens, who is serving a whole life sentence for the murder of Sarah Everard, pleaded guilty yesterday to further sexual offences near a McDonald's in south London and in woods in Kent.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct today confirmed a Kent Police sergeant would face a misconduct meeting and a Met constable is to face a gross misconduct hearing following investigations into the handling of indecent exposure reports.

The MPS police constable will face allegations they breached police standards of professional behaviour for duties and responsibilities for alleged failings over the way inquiries were progressed.

The constable is also accused of breaching the standards relating to honesty and integrity over parts of an account provided to IOPC investigators in respect of the alleged failings.

Focusing on the reports of exposure at the McDonald's in South London in February 2021, the IOPC said its investigation looked at whether inquiries were "adequately carried out and supervised between the officer’s visit to the restaurant on March 3 and on March 10 when a different team took over."

It added: "We considered whether local and national policies were followed in relation to the gathering of any available CCTV evidence, checks on a vehicle used by the alleged offender, and if evidential material was correctly dealt with.

"We concluded that the constable has a case to answer for gross misconduct and it will be for the MPS to organise the misconduct hearing, at which a panel led by an independent and legally qualified chair will decide whether the allegations are proven.

"We also found that another MPS officer had no case to answer, regarding their supervision of the indecent exposure enquiries."

The IOPC completed a separate investigation into Kent Police’s handling of a report alleging that a man driving a car – identified as belonging to Wayne Couzens – indecently exposed himself to a pedestrian in Dover in June, 2015.

A statement added: "We began our inquiries following a conduct referral from Kent Police in May 2021 and concluded that a sergeant has a case to answer for misconduct for alleged failures in following all reasonable lines of enquiry before the case was closed. We found no evidence to suggest that Wayne Couzens was identified as a police officer and he was not spoken to."

Kent Police is set to organise a misconduct meeting at which the officer will face allegations amounting to a breach of the police professional standards for duties and responsibilities.

IOPC Regional Director Sal Naseem said: “We have been unable to publish our findings until now due to the risk of prejudicing criminal proceedings against Couzens. Now that those have concluded it will be for the Metropolitan and Kent police forces to organise disciplinary proceedings which will consider the evidence we have gathered and determine whether the allegations against the officers are proven or not.”

Ex-armed protection officer Couzens has faced a number of charges of indecent exposure since his imprisonment, all relating to his time as a serving officer with the Metropolitan Police.

The most recent convictions following a hearing at the Old Bailey are for crimes committed between November 2020 and February 2021 - before he murdered Sarah.