Former DJ Tim Westwood charged with two more sexual offences

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has been charged with two additional offences dating back to 1991 and 2004 <i>(Image: Lucy North/PA Wire)</i>
Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has been charged with two additional offences dating back to 1991 and 2004 (Image: Lucy North/PA Wire)
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Former DJ Tim Westwood has been charged with sexual offences against two more women.

The 68-year-old is accused of indecently assaulting a 16 or 17-year-old girl in Hammersmith and Fulham in 1991 and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth in May 2004.

Westwood already faces multiple allegations of sexual offences involving seven women.

Catherine P Baccas, deputy chief crown prosecutor in CPS London, said: "Today the Crown Prosecution Service has authorised two further charges of sexual assault and indecent assault against Tim Westwood.

"These new charges, following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police, relate to separate reports of non-recent offences in 1991 and 2004 involving two additional women.

"Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring these additional charges to court and that it is in the public interest to pursue further criminal proceedings."

Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, from the Metropolitan Police Service, said: "The women who have made reports have placed their trust in us, and we remain committed to providing them with all available support."

What allegations is Tim Westwood facing?

Westwood was first charged in October last year and denies all allegations.

He faces nine counts of indecent assault, two counts of sexual assault, and four counts of rape, relating to incidents reported between 1983 and 2016.

The charges include four indecent assaults in London during the 1980s, three more at the BBC in the 1990s, and the alleged rape of a woman in a hotel in 1996.

He also faces two indecent assaults and one count of rape from the early 2000s at a London address, and two further counts of rape at a London address in the 2010s.

Westwood is also accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a nightclub in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 2010.

He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is due to face trial in January 2027.

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