A Metropolitan Police officer based in Ealing and attached to the West Area Command Unit has appeared in court and charged with sexually assaulting three men and a woman.
Police Sergeant Lee Symons, 47 from Feltham, was suspended from duty in December 2022 and appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today (27 January 2025) where he was released on conditional bail. He is next due to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 24 February 2025.
In a statement, the Met said: “PS Symons was charged on 23 December 2024, with assault by penetration and five counts of sexual assault (by touching). These offences are alleged to have taken place on dates between 2012 and 2018 against the same man.”
It added: “PS Symons was also charged on 23 December with five further counts of sexual assault by touching on dates between 2009 and 2021. Three of these counts relate to alleged offences against a man, the remaining two counts relate to alleged offences against another man and a woman.”
The Met said all of the offences are alleged to have taken place against people known to PS Symons.
