Former Met Police officer charged with child sex offences

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3 Sep 2024 • 3:21 PM MYT
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A former Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with multiple child sex offences.

Adam Merriman, 37, of Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, is accused of sexual assault by touching of a child under 13 and six counts of arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, the Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday.

He has also been charged with three counts of making indecent images of a child; two counts of sexual activity in the presence of a child; possession of a prohibited image of a child; and three counts of possession of extreme pornographic images.

Merriman, who was a police constable in the Metropolitan Police, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

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