Serving police officer charged with sexual assault while on duty

PC Rudvelle Walters on restricted duties as status reviewed

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A serving Metropoolitan Police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman while on duty at a hotel in London.

PC Rudvelle Walters, 47, was charged with sexual assault on a female and attempted sexual assault on a female, Scotland Yard said.

The force said the charges relate to an alleged incident at a hotel in High Road, Wembley, around 5am on Tuesday 5 February last year.

The Met said its Directorate of Professional Standards was informed, the officer was arrested on 6 February and then charged on 15 May.

PC Walters, who is attached to the North West Command Unit, is currently on restricted duties and his status is being reviewed.

He will appear at Willesden Magistrates' Court on 11 August.