Serving Met constable charged with sexual assault
A serving Met constable has been charged with sexual assault after an incident which took place in December 2022.
Detective Constable Jose Poonsawat, attached to the Central South Command Unit, was charged at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
He pleaded guilty and was released on bail to appear for sentencing on August 23.
Poonsawat was accused of sexually touching a woman without her consent during an off duty incident on December 16, 2022.
He was investigated by the officers from Bromley, and the Met’s Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences team.
Commander Seb Adjei-Addoh, who leads policing in Lambeth and Southwark, said: “My thoughts are with the victim who has displayed courage in reporting this sexual assault.
“Officers are quite rightly held to account for wrongdoing by the courts.
“In this case Poonsawat has pleaded guilty and now awaits sentencing.”
Now that criminal proceedings have concluded, a misconduct process will begin.
(Picture: The Met)
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