A police officer has been accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old lady.

Luke Christopher Horner, primarily based in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, with the Thames Valley power, has been charged with one depend of partaking in penetrative sexual exercise with a toddler and considered one of making an indecent picture of a kid.

Northamptonshire Police stated the costs towards the 24-year-old had been introduced following an incident in Rushden final Sunday "in which a 13-year-old girl was sexually assaulted".

Horner was because of seem at Northampton Magistrates' Court on Friday.

The officer has been suspended from responsibility and would be the topic of a separate misconduct investigation by Thames Valley Police, who've additionally referred the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

A Northamptonshire Police spokesman stated: "This is a live investigation and therefore the force will not be making any further comment at this time."