Metropolitan Police officer appears in court on rape charge

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court charged with rape.

PC Adam Zaman, 28, of Kingston Road, Romford, is accused of raping a woman at the Andaz Hotel in Liverpool Street, central London, on Sunday.

Prosecutor Jonathan Bryan told Westminster Magistrates' Court the defendant was not on duty at the time of the alleged offence.

Mr Zaman, who denies the allegation, has been suspended from his post.

The court heard he had served with the Metropolitan Police since 2016.

District Judge Snow told Mr Zaman he would be remanded in custody until his next appearance at Central Criminal Court on 24 November.