Met Police officer charged with child sex offences

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with a series of child sex offences.

Scotland Yard said PC James Evans, 25, has been charged with six counts of sexual activity with a child.

PC Evans is attached to Ealing borough.

He is due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on August 1.

Scotland Yard said he was charged following an investigation by the Met's Sexual Offences Exploitation and Child Abuse Command.