A serving Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court charged with two counts of sexual assault by touching.
Inspector Michael Richards, who is attached to the Met’s Learning and Development unit, was charged on Sunday, 25 May.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 23 June and was granted bail. He is due to appear next at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, 21 July.
Inspector Richards is currently suspended from duty.
He was arrested on Wednesday, 17 September on suspicion of sexual assault by touching. The charges relate to two adult victims — one male and one female — and are alleged to have occurred on the same day as his arrest, while he was off-duty.
Metropolitan Police Service
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837 Misconduct Hearings
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The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS / "the Met") is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the square mile of the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police.
