07 February 2023 , 16:13
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A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape and assault.
PC Jorden Brown, attached to the Central East Command Unit, was charged by postal requisition on Friday, 6 January, with rape and three counts of actual bodily harm.
He is now due to attend Barkingside Magistrates' Court this Wednesday.
The offences are alleged to have occurred between November, 2018, and February, 2019, and they relate to one victim, who was known to him.
They are alleged to have occurred while he was off-duty.
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Brown is due to attend Barkingside Magistrates' Court this Wednesday (AFP via Getty Images)The offences were reported to police in October 2019 and an investigation was then launched.
The police officer has been suspended from duty, the force has stated.
Detective Superintendent Dan Rutland, from Central East Command Unit, said: "PC Brown has been suspended and criminal proceedings will now follow.
"While I recognise the inevitable strength of public feeling, is important that nothing is said that will put those proceedings at risk."