Serving Met Police officer charged with 13 child sex offences

A serving Met Police officer has been charged with sexual activity with an underage girl as well as 12 other child sexual offences.

PC Hussain Chehab was charged with four counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13-15.

He was also accused of five counts of making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child; one count of taking indecent images of children; one count of engaging in sexual communication with a child; one count of distributing indecent images of a child; and one count of encouraging or assisting in the distribution of indecent images of children.

The offences are said to have occurred between 2019 and 2021.

Chehab, who served in the north London borough command unit (BCU), was arrested in July 2021.

The charges were issued on Tuesday, September 13 and he was listed to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court the same afternoon.

The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) have been informed and PC Chehab has been suspended from duty.

Det Ch Supt Caroline Haines, who leads the north BCU, said: “We recognise this news will cause concern within the community and we have fully engaged with our local partners throughout this investigation.

“The Met has announced a comprehensive review of its standards as part of a genuine commitment to rebuild trust but I understand that developments such as this undermine that work.

“We would encourage anyone who has concerns about the actions of any of our officers to report them to us immediately.”

PC Chehab is next due to appear at Wood Green Crown Court on October 17.