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A police officer who appeared on TV show Call the Cops is to be charged with assaults against a teenage girl.
PC Matthew Tregale, 33, is to answer a summons at Plymouth Magistrates' Court on March 8 accused of two offences of sexual activity with a female aged 15.
The charges relate to incidents that took place in 2014, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
Tregale, of Newton Abbot in Devon has previously been charged with four counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape against a woman between 2005 and 2010.
He is further accused of two counts of false imprisonment and one of harassment with the threat of violence against the same woman.
The Devon and Cornwall Police officer faces a number of charges including attempted rape, controlling behaviour and sexual assault (Matt Gilley/PlymouthLive)
Tregale was suspended from the force after being charged last year (Matt Gilley/PlymouthLive)Tregale is also charged with controlling and coercive behaviour of a second woman between December 2015 and July 2020, and against a third between April 2021 and August 2021.
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Tregale is due before Bristol Crown Court on February 27 in connection with these charges.
The court previously heard Tregale was first interviewed in May 2020, and was placed on restricted duties but was not suspended from Devon and Cornwall Police until he was charged.
Following the announcement of his initial charges last year, Tregale was suspended by an Exeter-based charity pending the outcome of the case.
He is understood to have volunteered at the charity, Devon Super Team, where he dressed up as a superhero for children's parties and other events.