Former BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra DJ Tim Westwood has pleaded not guilty to two additional sexual offences, bringing the total number of charges he denies to 17. The allegations involve nine women and span from 1983 to 2016.
Latest Charges
At a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, the 69-year-old denied indecently assaulting a teenage girl aged 16 or 17 in Hammersmith and Fulham, west London, in 1991. He also denied sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth, south London, in May 2004.
Background of Allegations
Westwood, of Fitzrovia in London's West End, was charged in October last year with offences against seven women, all of which he denies. The allegations include four indecent assaults in London during the 1980s and three indecent assaults while he was at the BBC in the 1990s. He is also accused of raping a woman in a hotel in 1996.
Further charges include two indecent assaults and one count of rape from the early 2000s at a London address, and two counts of rape at a London address in the 2010s. Additionally, he is alleged to have committed a sexual assault at a nightclub in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 2010 and at a London music festival in 2016.
Legal Proceedings
Westwood has entered not guilty pleas to all counts. A trial is scheduled to take place at Southwark Crown Court in January.
