Met officer charged with breaking sex offender notification requirements

A senior Met Police officer convicted of possessing a child abuse video on her phone will appear in court charged with five further offences.

Superintendent Novlett Robyn Williams was sentenced to 200 hours of community service for possession of an indecent image in November 2019.

Jurors at the Old Bailey heard that she received a child abuse video from her older sister so the officer could investigate the footage.

But she failed to report the clip, and while the court accepted she had not viewed it, the jury was not convinced she was unaware of it being on her phone.

Supt Williams has now been charged with failing to notify police of information required five times between November 22, 2019 and December 11, 2021.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) claims that she failed to notify police of details of a credit card account, bank account, debit card, and travel outside the UK between December 11 and 19, 2021.

Supt Williams will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 16.

Nick Price, head of the special crime and counter-terrorism division at the CPS, said: “We have authorised charges against Superintendent Novlett Robyn Williams, 58, for five offences relating to breaches of notification requirements.

“The charges follow an investigation by officers at the Metropolitan Police’s Central West Command Unit that began in 2022.

“The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against Supt Williams are active and that she has the right to a fair trial.

“It is extremely important there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.”

Supt Williams was dismissed from the Met after a disciplinary hearing in March 2020 found her conviction amounted to gross misconduct.

However, she was reinstated as a police officer after she appealed against the decision.

Supt Williams was also placed on the sex offenders’ register for five years as part of her sentencing.