Ex BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood charged with rape and sexual assault View Image

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has been charged with rape and sexual assault. The Metropolitan Police said the 68-year-old is accused of offences against seven different women as young as 17 years old. He is charged with four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault, the force said.

The alleged offences are said to have taken place between 1983 and 2016. Westwood, of Westminster, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on November 11. Tim Westwood worked for the BBC as a Radio 1 and 1Xtra DJ between 1994 and 2013.

Lionel Idan, Chief Crown Prosecutor, said: "The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute Tim Westwood for a series of serious sex

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