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Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood denies further sex offences

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Ng, E. (2026, November 12). Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood denies further sex offences. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/tim-westwood-london-southwark-crown-court-hammersmith-fulham-b1304592.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-11-12 · by Ellie Ng
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Tim Westwood, a former BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra DJ, has pleaded not guilty to 17 sex offence charges spanning from 1983 to 2016 involving nine women. The charges include multiple indecent assaults and rapes across different locations in London and Gloucestershire. Westwood was first charged last October with offences against seven women, and he denies all allegations, which will be addressed at his trial scheduled for January at Southwark Crown Court.
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Evening StandardThis outlet12 Nov

Tim Westwood, a former BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra DJ, has pleaded not guilty to 17 sex offence charges spanning from 1983 to 2016 involving nine women. The charges include multiple indecent assaults and rapes across different locations in London and Gloucestershire. Westwood was first charged last October with offences against seven women, and he denies all allegations, which will be addressed at his trial…

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood denies further sex offences (this article)
Daily Mail12 Nov

Tim Westwood, a former BBC DJ known for his influence in UK hip-hop, is set to face trial next year for multiple counts of rape and sexual assault involving nine women. The charges cover offenses dating back to the 1980s, with the latest accusation occurring in 2016. During his appearance at Southwark Crown Court today, Westwood denied two new assault charges, bringing the total number of allegations against him to…

Former BBC DJ Tim Westwood to go on trial accused of raping and assaulting women and girls as young as 17 after denying two new charges →
BBC12 Nov

Tim Westwood, the former BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra DJ, appeared in court where he denied two additional sexual offences involving incidents from 1991 and 2004 in London. This brings his total number of charges to seventeen, covering allegations made by nine women between 1983 and 2016. Westwood is set for a seven-week trial beginning on January 27 at Southwark Crown Court.

DJ Tim Westwood denies two more sexual offences →
The Guardian12 Nov

Former radio DJ Tim Westwood appeared at Southwark crown court on Thursday to enter not guilty pleas for two additional sexual offences dating back to 1991 and 2004. These latest pleas bring his total to 17 charges against nine women spanning the years 1983 to 2016, including allegations of rape and indecent assault across various London locations and other sites like Stroud and a music festival. The reporting…

Tim Westwood in court to deny two more sexual offence charges →

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The former BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra DJ also denied sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth, south London, in May 2004.
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BBC Radio 1 Capital Xtra DJ Fitzrovia London Wandsworth

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London GPE · 6× Westwood PERSON · 2× BBC ORG · 1× BBC Radio 1 ORG · 1× Fitzrovia GPE · 1× Gloucestershire GPE · 1× Southwark Crown Court ORG · 1× Stroud GPE · 1× Wandsworth GPE · 1×

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Westwood is further accused of 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.
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The former BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra DJ also denied sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth, south London, in May 2004.
2026-11-12 · Evening Standard
Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood denies further sex offences · assertive framing

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His latest not guilty pleas mean he now denies a total of 17 charges against nine women between 1983 and 2016. asserted
he → mean → 1983
The former BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra DJ also denied sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth, south London, in May 2004. uncertain
DJ → deny → May
The DJ, of Fitzrovia, in London’s West End, was charged in October last year with offences against seven women, which he denies. asserted
he → charge → which
Read More He is accused of four indecent assaults in the 1980s in London, as well as three indecent assaults at the BBC in the 1990s. asserted
He → read → 1990s
The defendant is also alleged to have raped a woman in a hotel in 1996. asserted
defendant → allege → 1996
Westwood is further accused of 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. asserted
Westwood → accuse → 2010s
He is also alleged to have committed a sexual assault at a nightclub in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 2010, and at a London music festival in 2016. asserted
He → allege → 2016
Westwood has entered not guilty pleas to all counts and is due to face trial at Southwark Crown Court in January. asserted
Westwood → enter → January
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