Tim Westwood, former DJ on BBC Radio 1, has been accused of quite a few rapes and sexual assaults.
In accordance with the Metropolitan Police, the 68-year-old has charged with crimes in opposition to seven distinct girls, a few of whom had been as younger as 17.
9 cases of indecent assault, two counts of sexual assault, and 4 acts of rape are all alleged to have occurred between 1983 and 2016. The favored Hip Hop DJ is scheduled to look in Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket on November 19.
“It takes braveness to return ahead and report allegations of this nature,” Det. Superintendent Andy Furphy of the Metropolitan Police Service stated in a press release. “The ladies who’ve completed so have put their belief in us and we proceed to supply them with all accessible help.”
In accordance with police, the previous Radio 1 DJ is accused of indecently assaulting a 17-year-old feminine within the London neighborhood of Fulham in 1983.
As well as, he’s charged with raping and indecently assaulting a girl between the ages of 17 and 18 in London between 1995 and 1996, in addition to indecently assaulting a woman in her 20s within the Vauxhall neighbourhood of London in 1986.
Westwood is accused of raping a woman in her 20s in 2010 and raping and indecently assaulting a girl who was 17 to 18 years previous between 2000 and 2001. The alleged offences are all stated to have occurred in London.
He stepped down from his present on Capital Xtra in April 2022 and left Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra in 2013 after almost 20 years.
Chief Crown Prosecutor Lionel Idan stated omn Thursday the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has determined to prosecute Westwood for “a collection of great sexual offences”.
He stated: “Our prosecutors have established that there’s ample proof to carry the case to trial and that it’s within the public curiosity to pursue legal proceedings.