A Metropolitan Police (Met) officer has been charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.
Pc Robert Nicholson, 27, who is based at Limehouse police station in east London faces one charge of sexual activity with a child.
An inquiry began in December 2009 after police found the girl had spent time with the officer during a period that she was reported missing by her family.
He was bailed to appear on 2 June at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
An investigation, which began in December 2009, led to the arrest of Pc Nicholson on 18 December.
The matter was then referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), by the Met’s directorate of professional standards.
The officer, who was charged under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, has been suspended from duty.
BBC