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.

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