Serving police officer charged with seven counts of rape

  • London
. Credit: Met Police.

A serving Met Police officer has been charged with rape.

PC Michael Graham, 57, who is listed as an estate police officer in Hounslow, is due in Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Wednesday charged with:

  • Seven counts of rape

  • One count of assault, actual bodily harm

Graham was arrested at his home address on 6 October and charged the following day.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 24 December 2013 and 2 September 2014 whilst the officer was off duty.

Officers from Sexual Offences Exploitation & Child Abuse are investigating.

PC Mike Graham is listed as being a specialist estate police officer, providing a "dedicated presence for Hounslow's councils housing estates."

He was not on duty at the time of the arrest, police said and has been suspended.