Tim Westwood charged with multiple assault and sexual offences

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood, 68, has been charged with multiple assault and sexual offence counts relating to seven women, some of whom were alleged to be as young as 17, with alleged incidents said to have taken place between 1983 and 2016, the Metropolitan Police said. Westwood, of Westminster, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 11 November.

The Metropolitan Police said the charges comprise four counts of assault, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault. The force set out a series of alleged incidents by year and location, saying Westwood is accused of indecently assaulting a 17 year old in Fulham in 1983 and of sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s in Vauxhall in 1986. Between 1995 and 1996 he is accused of raping and sexually assaulting a woman aged 17 to 18 in London, and between 2000 and 2001 of raping and sexually assaulting a woman aged 17 to 18, also in London. The police allege he raped a woman in her 20s in London in 2010, sexually assaulted a woman in her 20s in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 2010, and sexually assaulted another woman in her 20s in Finchley in 2016.

Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, who is overseeing...