Former home secretary Dame Priti Patel said she remembers the vigil that took place to remember Sarah Everard was a 'very emotional time and a difficult time.'

Reflecting on the Metropolitan presence at the vigil, Patel said she was 'dismayed' at what she saw on the news that night and 'felt that was totally inappropriate policing.'

"And so inevitably, I had to raise that with the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and then a lot of other work took place thereafter," Priti Patel added.

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