The DJ has also been charged with nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.

Westwood is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 11 November.

The charges relate to seven different women, the force said.

According to Met Police , details of the offences for which Tim Westwood has been charged are as follows:

In 1983, a 17-year-old girl was indecently assaulted in the Fulham area of London

In 1986, a woman in her 20s was sexually assaulted in the Vauxhall area of London

Between 1995 and 1996, a female between the age of 17-18 was raped in London. It is also alleged that the same woman was sexually assaulted in central London within the same timeframe

Between 2000 and 2001, a female between the age of 17-18 was raped and sexually assaulted in London

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