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UK prosecutors charge former BBC Radio DJ with rape and indecent assault

Published by Global Banking and Finance Review

Posted on October 9, 2025

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said on Thursday it had charged former BBC Radio DJ Tim Westwood with four counts of rape and nine counts of indecent assault.

The charges relate to alleged offences against seven women between 1983 and 2016, the police said.

Westwood, 68, is also facing two counts of sexual assault.

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

(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti; editing by William James)

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