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Tim Westwood, a former DJ for BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra, has been charged with two additional sexual offences by the Metropolitan Police: an alleged indecent assault against a teenage girl in Hammersmith and Fulham in 1991 and a sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth in 2004. These new charges follow earlier accusations from October 2025 involving seven women, including four counts of rape. Westwood has previously pleaded not guilty to similar charges.

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Tim Westwood, a former BBC Radio 1 DJ now aged 68, has been charged with two more sex offenses by the Metropolitan Police. The new charges include an alleged indecent assault on a teenage girl between ages 16 and 17 in Hammersmith and Fulham in 1991, and a sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth in May 2004. These additions bring the total number of charges against Westwood to 17, involving nine women over reported incidents from 1983 to 2016. Catherine P Baccas, deputy chief crown prosecutor at CPS London, confirmed these latest charges and stated that there is sufficient evidence for prosecution in the public interest.

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Westwood has previously denied multiple sex offences including rape and sexual assault and pleaded not guilty to earlier charges last December.

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