Met Police officer suspended after being charged with rape

A serving Metropolitan police officer has been charged with rape.

PC Jordan Pascal, who is attached to the Met Taskforce anti-violent crime unit, was charged by Essex police in connection with an allegation of non-recent rape.

The charge relates to an allegation that the officer raped a woman in 2009.

The Metropolitan police confirmed that police constable Pascal joined the Met in 2012.

Chief Superintendent Claire Smart, who leads the Met’s Taskforce Command, said: “PC Pascal has been suspended and criminal proceedings will now follow.

“While I recognise the inevitable strength of public feeling, it is important that nothing is said that will put those proceedings at risk.”

PC Pascal, who remains suspended from duty, will appear at Southend Magistrates Court on Monday 13 March.

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