Two Met officers charged with sexual assault

Two Metropolitan Police officers have each been charged with four counts of sexual assault on a woman in London.

PCs Jerome Beasley, 41, and Luke Robinson, 39, who are both attached to the Central West Command Unit, allegedly sexually assaulted the woman at a venue in central London on 21 April while they were off duty.

The Met said both officers were currently suspended from duty and were due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

The force added its Directorate of Professional Standards department was aware of the case.

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