Another Parliamentary and Diplomatic Command Met Police officer facing court after 'assault on boy'

A SERVING Metropolitan Police officer who guards Parliament, has been charged with common assault on a teenager after an off-duty incident in Brentwood, Essex, earlier this year.

PC Paul Bewsey, who is attached to the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, was charged by postal requisition on Friday, 21 October following an investigation by Essex Police.

He will appear at Basildon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 24 November.

The charge relates to an altercation on 21 April in Hanging Hill Lane, Brentwood where a 14-year-old male child was assaulted.

The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards has bAeen informed and the officer is on restricted duties.