Hussain Chehab admitted having sex with a 14-year-old girl as well as several other child sex crimes committed while serving as a police officer

Sex offender Hussain Chehab (credit Met Police) — Child sex offender Hussain Chehab (credit Met Police)

A former Met Police officer who worked in Enfield has been jailed after admitting to a string of child sexual offences.

PC Hussain Chehab, aged 22, was today sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court to five years in prison, after earlier pleading guilty to four counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13-15, three counts of making indecent photographs of a child, and one count of engaging in sexual communication with a child. He was also made subject of a ten-year sexual harm prevention order and a ten-year restraining order.

The sexual activity with a child offence took place between March and September 2019, before Chehab began working in the Met. Chehab worked as a safer schools officer for three months in 2021, working at an Enfield secondary school, but the offence is said to be unrelated to this role.

Earlier this month, Chehab was dismissed from the Metropolitan Police following a disciplinary hearing at which it was decided he had breached the standards of professional behaviour in relation to ‘discreditable conduct’.

Detective Chief Superintendent Caroline Haines, the lead for policing in Enfield where PC Chehab served, said: “Following his criminal conviction it is right that PC Chehab is formally dismissed from the Met. PC Chehab committed the vilest of offences and abused his position of trust in the most despicable of ways. It continues to be incredibly confronting to see officers convicted and dismissed for such behaviour, however we are committed to rooting out officers who do not belong in our ranks and it is abundantly clear that PC Chehab has no place in the Met.

“Some of the offences relating to the making of indecent photographs were committed while PC Chehab was in a role as a safer schools officer attached to a secondary school in Enfield between May 2021 and his arrest in August 2021. As soon as the initial allegations were made against him, PC Chehab was immediately removed from his role while the investigation took place. We have worked closely with the school concerned, and Enfield local authority, to ensure that there were no further unreported safeguarding incidents or missed opportunities.

“A review of the information provided to the Met prior to him joining as a police officer was carried out and nothing was found that could have indicated his offending. Likewise, prior to starting his role as a safer schools officer he was also subject to further child and vulnerable group supervision vetting, in line with the current vetting standards for all those who work with children and young people.

“While no evidence has been found linking any of Chehab’s offending to his role, we are continuing to work with our local schools, community forums and independent advisory groups to reassure them following the damage his actions will have caused.”

PC Chehab’s offending came to light in July 2021 when the family of a 16-year-old girl called police to raise concerns about the fact she had recently been in a relationship with PC Chehab, which they believed began when she was 15 years old. Indecent images were subsequently found on his phone.

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