A senior Metropolitan Police officer who was convicted of possessing a child abuse video in 2019, has appeared in court to deny she failed to comply with sex offenders register notification requirements.
Superintendent Novlett Robyn Williams, 58, appeared via videolink at Westminster magistrates court on Friday to face five charges relating to her alleged conduct between November 2019 and December 2021.
It is said she failed to declare Capital One and HSBC credit cards as well as a bank account with Santander, and she allegedly failed to notify authorities of a trip to Kenya in December 2021.
Williams, the only black female Superintendent in the Met, has been highly decorated during her policing career, including a commendation for her work in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster.
In November 2019 she was convicted of possession of an indecent image of a child after footage was sent to her via WhatsApp. The clip was not viewed by Williams but she did not report it.
As a consequence of her conviction, Williams was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for five years, and was subject to strict notification requirements.
Speaking over a videolink from her lawyer’s office, Williams entered not guilty pleas to the five charges and when asked where she would like her trial, she replied: “Crown Court, judge and jury.”
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring told the hearing: “The allegation is a senior police officer, having previously been convicted of a sexual offence and placed under notification requirements, has breached those requirements.”
He freed Williams, who lives in Pimlico, on unconditional bail until a hearing at the Old Bailey on August 4.
Williams denies five charges of failing to comply with Sex offenders register notification requirements.
