A SENIOR policeman is in court facing fraud charges today. 

Dennis Weeks, 45, of Redbridge Police, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today (September 29) after he was put under investigation for alleged fraud two years ago.

DC Weeks has been on restricted duties since December 2014 after Scotland Yard’s anti-corruption command received complaints about him.

At the time he was deputy secretary of the Metropolitan Police Federation, the staff association for all 30,000 officers in the London force.

Two months after the allegations came to light, he resigned from his role with the federation.

Speaking at the time the then chairman of the House of Commons home affairs committee Keith Vaz said: "This is a disappointing development.

"I hope the federation will co-operate fully with the authorities in this matter in order to root out all alleged wrongdoing."

The case continues.