Met officer accused of sex attacks on four people

A Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court charged with sexual offences against three men and a woman.

Sgt Lee Symons, 47, from Feltham, faces 11 charges relating to four alleged victims, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.

He was charged on 23 December with assault by penetration and five counts of sexual assault by touching. The alleged offences are said to have taken place between 2009 and 2021.

All of the charges relate to people known to him. Sgt Symons, who is suspended from duty, was released on conditional bail and is next due at Southwark Crown Court on 24 February.

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