A former Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court charged with five counts of raping a woman before he joined the force.

Jade Ebanks was suspended from duty as a police constable after he was arrested on 5 May last year.

The 29-year-old, who joined the Met in June 2021, resigned a week before he was charged on 28 April this year.

He is charged with five counts of rape against the same woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

The former police officer is accused of carrying out the alleged rapes between March 2018 and January 2020 in Greenford and Uxbridge, west London.

Ebanks stood in the dock at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today to confirm his name, date of birth and address in Kilburn, north-west London.

He was not asked to enter pleas to any of the counts, which can only be tried in a crown court.

District Judge Briony Clarke granted Ebanks, who was based with the force’s North West Basic Command Unit, bail with the condition he does not contact the complainant.

She told the former officer he must appear at Isleworth Crown Court on 28 June for a plea and trial preparation hearing.

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