A MET Police officer who featured on a BBC documentary has appeared in court charged with strangling a woman.
PC Mahad Abdalla was held over the weekend accused of assaulting a female officer, who he had been in a six-month relationship with.
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The cop – attached to the Territorial Support Group on the North West Basic Command Unit – has been suspended from duty.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today charged with non-fatal strangulation and assault.
Abdalla, 26, was granted conditional bail to next appear at Harrow Crown Court on April 22.
The officer appeared on documentary The Met: Policing London in 2019.
He was filmed by the BBC as he went about his job as a response officer in Ealing.
Abdalla started working as a special constable when he was aged 18 after leaving a job in retail.
A probe by the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards continues with the woman now safeguarded.
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