A policeman has been charged with theft and fraud.

PC Robert Ward, attached to Enfield, was charged on June 18 with three counts of theft and three counts of fraud by false representation.

He was first arrested on October 19, 2017 and suspended with immediate effect.

The thefts relate to offences in January 2017, September 2016 and May 2017 respectively concerning cash stolen from Edmonton Police Station.

The fraud offences relate to incidents in January and February 2017, and an offence committed between October 2015 and October 2017.

He will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on July 16.