An off-duty Metropolitan Police officer displayed remarkable bravery when he intervened to stop an assault on a woman in Ilford, with the suspect now facing charges and in custody.
The officer, identified as a chief inspector attached to the Met’s Royalty and Specialist Protection Command, was driving past The Drive in Ilford with a family member on Sunday, 17 March when he witnessed the assault. Without hesitation, he got out of the vehicle and apprehended the alleged attacker.