Supt Novlett Robyn Williams charged with possession of image and will appear in court alongside two others

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A high-ranking woman in the Metropolitan police is among three people facing charges after an investigation into indecent images of a child.

Supt Novlett Robyn Williams, 54, has been charged with possession of a moving image file, given the highest category A ranking in severity, and also faces a charge of corrupt or improper exercise of police powers and privileges in failing to report the distribution of the image.

The frontline police officer was placed on restricted duties after an investigation was launched this month.

She will appear in court alongside Jennifer Hodge, 55, who has been charged with distributing an indecent image of a child, ranked category A, and Dido Massivi, 61, who faces two charges of distributing an indecent category A image of a child and one count of possession of extreme pornography.

Hodge and Massivi, both of Willesden Green, north-west London, will appear with Williams at Willesden magistrates court on 12 March.