Serving Met Police officer is charged with 4 counts of rape and sexual assaults

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with a string of sex offences, including four counts of rape.

Pc Dion Arnold, 32, was charged with four counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration and one count of sexual assault on March 31, the force said.

The charges relate to a report made earlier this year and to offences which allegedly happened while Arnold, who is attached to South West Command Unit, was off duty.

Arnold appeared at Guildford Magistrates’ Court later that day and was remanded in custody to next appear at Guildford Crown Court on May 1, a Met spokesman added.

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with a string of sex offences, the force today said (stock image of the Met’s HQ in Westminster, central London)

He is currently suspended from duty.

He was arrested by Surrey Police on March 29.

The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed.