Serving Metropolitan Police officer charged with attempted rape and sexual assault

A serving Met officer has been charged with attempted rape and sexual assault.

Superintendent Jamie Gordon, attached to the South East Command Unit, was charged on Monday, 4 November. He was bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 4 December.

The alleged offences were reported by one woman who said they had taken place on 8 December and 19 December 2023, when the officer was off duty.

He was arrested on 19 January and suspended from duty.

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