PC to face rape charge trial (Image: newsquest)
A SERVING Metropolitan Police officer has denied raping a woman in Southend.
PC Jordan Pascal, 34, of Ardleigh Green Road, Havering, denied the charge at Basildon Crown Court yesterday.
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It's alleged that he raped a woman in Southend in 2009. He worked for the Met's Taskforce Command but the force said in February that he was suspended from duty.
He was told he will face trial on August 27 next year.
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