Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood charged with 17 offences

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 15:45 · Archive

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood, 69, has appeared in court charged with 17 sexual offences against nine women spanning 1983 to 2016.

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood, 69, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday charged with two additional sexual offences. He is accused of indecently assaulting a teenage girl aged 16 or 17 in Hammersmith and Fulham, west London, in 1991, and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth, south London, in May 2004. He indicated he would plead not guilty to both charges.

These charges add to 15 offences Westwood was previously charged with in October last year, bringing the total to 17 charges against nine women spanning 1983 to 2016. His earlier charges include four indecent assaults in the 1980s, three indecent assaults at the BBC in the 1990s, and a rape in a hotel in 1996. He is also accused of two indecent assaults and one rape from the early 2000s at a London address, and two counts of rape at a London address in the 2010s.

Westwood was conditionally bailed until a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on 12 November. He is due to face trial at Southwark Crown Court in January and has pleaded not guilty to all counts.

How it is being reported

• Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood in court charged with two further offencesThe 69-year-old appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday.Evening Standard · 23 Oct, 15:29
• Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood, 69, arrives at court charged with 17 offences against nine women over 33-year periodThe former BBC Radio 1 DJ was charged in September with indecently assaulting a teenage girl aged 16 or 17 in 1991 and sexually assaulting an woman, 18, in 2004.Daily Mail · 23 Oct, 13:14

In this story: Tim Westwood · BBC Radio 1 · Westminster Magistrates' Court · Southwark Crown Court · Hammersmith and Fulham · Wandsworth

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