U.K. politician suggests 6 p.m. curfew for men following suspected abduction, murder of Sarah Everard

TORONTO -- A U.K. politician has suggested a 6 p.m. curfew for men after the suspected abduction and murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard.

"I argue that, at the next opportunity for any bill that is appropriate, I might put in an amendment to create a curfew for men on the streets after 6 p.m.," said the U.K. Green Party's Jenny Jones during a speech in parliament. "I feel this would make women a lot safer, and discrimination of all kinds would be lessened"

Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive, was walking home from a friend's house in London around 9 p.m. on March 3. She did not arrive home and police later announced that her body was found in a wooded area south of the city. A police officer has been arrested on suspicion of killing Everard.

Since my comments about a curfew for men to keep women safe, I've had a deluge of misogynistic emails and tweets. Which rather proves my point about the problem being with men ...

— Jenny Jones (@GreenJennyJones) March 11, 2021

Watch the video above to see Jones' full speech. 

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  Jenny Jones, British politician and member of the Green Party talks to police officers as they arrest climate protestors who blocked a road in central London Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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  A missing sign for Sarah Everard in Clapham, London, on March 10, 2021. (Victoria Jones / PA via AP)