A Watford man is in custody ahead of a crown court appearance over sexual assault and bodily harm charges.

Mohammed Adil Hazrat, of Gaddesden Crescent, appeared in Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Monday (October 23) where denied, or did not indicate a plea, for charges of sexual assault on a woman 16 or older, assaulting a man occasioning actual bodily harm, and assaulting a police officer.

He is set to appear in Harrow Crown Court on November 20 and was not granted bail.

It is alleged that the 25-year-old intentionally touched a woman in a sexual manner when she did not consent, and he did not reasonably believe she was consenting, in Wembley, London, on Friday (October 20).

Both assault charges are for alleged offences in Brent, London, on the same day.

The police sergeant was attacked while “acting in the exercise of his functions” as a police officer, according to the charge.

Update: Hazrat chanced his plea to guilty at a hearing on February 6, 2024.

He was sentenced to 10 weeks imprisonment and ordered to pay a £154 victim surcharge on the same day.