TV presenter Jay Blades is due to appear in court charged with rape later today.

West Mercia Police previously said the 55-year-old, who fronted primetime BBC show The Repair Shop, will face a first hearing at Telford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

Blades faces two allegations of rape but will not be expected to enter pleas during his first appearance.

‘Jason Blades, 55, of Claverley in Shropshire, has been charged with two counts of rape,’ a spokesperson for West Mercia Police previously confirmed in a statement sent to Metro.

He found fame on restoration programme The Repair Shop, which he started presenting in 2017.

Blades also appeared on Celebrity MasterChef, Celebrity Bake Off and Comic Relief, as well as presenting the BBC’s Money For Nothing until 2020 and fronting a documen

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