Serving Met officer charged with rape
The PC is facing two counts in connection with alleged incidents in south London and Surrey
A serving Metropolitan Police officer is due to appear in court charged with rape.
PC Rupert Edwards, attached to the South West Basic Command Unit, was arrested on Monday the 5th of September, he was bailed and suspended from duty.
On Thursday, December, 8th, he was further arrested on suspicion of rape and was charged with two counts on Friday morning.
He is due to appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday, 9 December.
Commander Jon Savell, in charge of the Met's professionalism command, said: "This news is deeply worrying and I recognise the concern it will cause the public and other police officers.
"We took immediate action to suspend PC Edwards from duty when he was first arrested in September.
"I recognise the concern it will cause the public and other police officers."
"Legal proceedings are now active and it is important that I do not comment while that process takes place."
The charges relate to two women aged in their 20s and 30s. They are being supported by specially trained officers.
The offences are alleged to have occurred in Lambeth on Friday, 26 August, and in Surrey on Monday, 5 September, while the officer was off-duty.
The Met's Directorate of Professional Standards and the Independent Office for Police Conduct have been informed.
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