A GOLD Coast police officer charged with setting fire to her ex-boyfriend's unit will appear in court next month charged with arson and burglary.

Senior-Constable Leanne Top, 45, allegedly illegally entered the man's Currumbin unit last November and set it ablaze.



The Dandaloo Drive apartment was extensively damaged. Sen-Const Topf did not appear personally in Southport Magistrates Court on Tuesday to face the charges but was represented by a solicitor.



She was remanded to appear on July 20.



The officer has been stood down pending the outcome of the court case.