Two police constables charged with four counts of sexual assault while off-duty
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Two Metropolitan Police officers have been charged with four counts of sexual assault on a woman in London.
Jerome Beasley, 41, and Luke Robinson, 39, allegedly sexually assaulted the woman at a venue in W1 in the west of the capital in April.
The pair - both police constables - were off-duty at the time, the Met said.
They will both appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, November 20, police added.
The pair allegedly sexually assaulted the woman at a venue in W1 (file photo)
PAA statement from the Metropolitan Police this morning reads: "Police constables Jerome Beasley, aged 41, and Luke Robinson, aged 39, who are both attached to the Central West Command Unit, allegedly sexually assaulted the woman at a venue in W1 on Sunday, April 21.
"They were off-duty at the time.
"The Directorate of Professional Standards is aware.
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Beasley and Robinson face a court date at Westminster Magistrates' on Wednesday
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"Both officers are currently suspended from duty and are scheduled to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, November 20."
The news follows a spate of allegations, sackings and convictions across the Met.
Just three days ago, a tribunal found constable Myles McHugh and two others guilty of gross misconduct for accessing files relating to the murder of Sarah Everard.
The offences took place soon after Everard was kidnapped and killed between March 5 and March 15 in 2021.
The news follows a spate of allegations, sackings and convictions across the Met
PAAnd in late September, a Met Police officer who allegedly spanked a 12-year-old girl's bottom was sacked and barred from working in policing again.
The officer was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault in November 2020 by Bedfordshire Police - but was told that no further action would be taken the following September.
A later Metropolitan Police hearing found that Benson had breached the force's standard of professional behaviour at the level of gross misconduct.
The officer was subsequently dismissed from the Met without notice - and has been placed on the College of Policing's barred list.
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