PCSO Accused Of Molesting Policewoman In Station Gym

A Police Community Support Officer, accused of molesting a policewoman in the station gym, appeared in court for the first time yesterday.

PCSO Edward Oniba, 53, is alleged to have hugged and kissed the female police officer on the neck after she refused to give him her phone number at the Kilburn Police Station gym.

The prosecution case is she did not consent to the touching.

Oniba, of Pasteur Court, Nightingale Avenue, Harrow indicated a not guilty plea when he appeared on bail at City of Westminster Magistrates Court.

He is charged with one count of sexually assaulting the officer at the Salusbury Road station in north-west London on October 30, 2020.

In a special sitting before senior District Judge Michael Snow Oniba elected jury trial.

He was bailed unconditionally to appear at Harrow Crown Court on June 6.