A serving Metropolitan police officer has been charged with rape and three counts of actual bodily harm.
PC Jorden Brown, attached to the central east command unit, is alleged to have committed the offences between November 2018 and February 2019.
The alleged offences relate to one victim, who was known to him, and are alleged to have occurred off-duty.
They were reported to police in October 2019 and an investigation was launched. He has been suspended from duty and is due to attend court on Wednesday 8 February.
Det Supt Dan Rutland, from central east command unit, said: “PC Brown has been suspended and criminal proceedings will now follow. While I recognise the inevitable strength of public feeling, it is important that nothing is said that will put those proceedings at risk.”