Published: 9:52 pm July 14, 2024
Updated: 12:22 am June 18, 2025
Metropolitan Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault
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A thorough investigation has led to an officer admitting sexual assault during an off duty incident in December 2022.

Detective Constable Jose Poonsawat, attached to the Central South Command Unit, appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 12 July charged with sexual assault.

Commander Seb Adjei-Addoh, who leads policing in Lambeth and Southwark, said:

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“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.

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“In this case DC Poonsawat has pleaded guilty and now awaits sentencing.”

Now that criminal proceedings have concluded, the misconduct process will commence.

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