Snaresbrook Crown Court (Image: Archant)
A police community support officer is due in court today charged with rape, blackmail and misconduct in a public office.
Kabeer Yousaf, 30, a PCSO based in Newham, will appear at Southwark Crown Court.
He was charged on January 11.
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