The former BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra host denied an indecent assault from 1991 in Hammersmith and Fulham, alongside a 2004 sexual assault charge in Wandsworth. The wider indictment spans between 1983 and 2016, encompassing multiple instances of indecent assault, sexual assault, and counts of rape. Among the historical charges are three indecent assaults allegedly carried out while Westwood was working at the BBC during the 1990s. The Fitzrovia resident maintains his innocence across all 17 charges ahead of his trial at Southwark Crown Court in January.
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The 69-year-old defendant continues to deny every historical offence brought against him…: The 69-year-old defendant continues to deny every historical offence brought against him spanning several decades of his broadcasting career.
Legal proceedings have expanded significantly since charges regarding seven women were in…: Legal proceedings have expanded significantly since charges regarding seven women were initially brought forward in October of last year.
A comprehensive criminal trial addressing all 17 contested charges will commence at South…: A comprehensive criminal trial addressing all 17 contested charges will commence at Southwark Crown Court in January.
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Former BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra DJ Tim Westwood has denied two more sexual offences during a court hearing.
His latest pleas of not guilty mean he now denies a total of 17 charges concerning allegations by nine women between 1983 and 2016.
The 69-year-old pleaded not guilty to indecently assaulting a teenage girl aged 16 or 17 in Hammersmith and Fulham, west London, in 1991 at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday.
At the same hearing, Westwood also denied sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth, south London, in May 2004.
Westwood, of Fitzrovia, in London's West End, was charged in October last year with offences against seven women, which he also denies.
He is accused of four indecent assaults in the 1980s in London, as well as three indecent assaults while at the BBC in the 1990s.
The defendant is also alleged to have raped a woman in a hotel in 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…
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