A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape, strangulation and misconduct in public office, among other offences.
PC James Murray will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday afternoon (August 17).
He is charged with rape, non-fatal strangulation, actual bodily harm, misconduct in public office, possession of a firearm (PAVA spray) and four counts of possession of an offensive weapon in a private place.
The offences are alleged to have taken place between January and August.
Some of them are alleged to have taken place while PC Murray was on duty.
He was arrested on Wednesday (August 16), taken into custody and suspended from duty.
A woman known to PC Murray is receiving support from trained officers, the Met said.
The case has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
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