- Do YOU have a story? Email freya.barnes@dailymail.co.uk
Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood will stand trial next year over a string of rape and sexual assault charges.
Westwood, 68, is accused of four counts of rape, nine of indecent assault, two counts of sexual assault between 1983 and 2016.
The charges relate to seven women with three of the alleged indecent assaults said to have been carried out in BBC Studios in London during the 1990s.
Westwood, the son of an Anglican Bishop, is alleged to have raped a woman at a London hotel in 1996 and sexually assaulted another at a music festival in the city around 20 years later.
The prosecution allege the offences amount to ‘a pattern of offending’. Westwood earlier denied all the charges.
Westwood did not appear at Southwark Crown Court today for a brief hearing before Judge Tony Baumgartner.
A pre-trial review hearing will take place on December 14 with the six week trial due to begin on January 25, 2027.
Westwood, who lives in a million-pound flat in Fitzrovia, central London, remains on bail.
His bail conditions include not to contact the alleged victims, any travel to be notified within three days, any change of address to be notified, and any non-UK address to be notified to the police three days prior to travelling there.
The veteran DJ is said to have indecently assaulted a 17-year-old girl in the Fulham area of west London in 1983.
In 1986, a woman in her 20s was sexually assaulted in the Vauxhall area of London by Westwood, it is claimed.
Between 1995 and 1996, a girl aged between 17 and 18 was raped in London by the DJ, prosecutors say. It is also alleged that the same woman was sexually assaulted in central London.
Between 2000 and 2001, a female between the age of 17 and 18 was raped and sexually assaulted in London, by Westwood, it is claimed.
He attacked a woman in her 20s who was raped in London, the charges state.
The most recent alleged offence was sexual assault of a woman in her 20s in Finchley, north London, in 2016.
Westwood is also accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s in Stroud in 2010.
Finally in 2016, a woman in her 20s, claims she was sexually assaulted by Westwood in the Finchley area of London.
Westwood’s first radio show was on the London pirate radio station LWR before he moved to Kiss FM.
He championed rap and grime music in the UK as a radio DJ for the BBC and Capital Radio but was widely mocked for adopting a British black accent and being a ‘culture vulture’.
His compilation albums have earned him millions of pounds and gave him huge influence within the British music industry.
Officers have said their investigation remains open and urged anyone ‘impacted by the case’ to come forward.
Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, from the Metropolitan Police Service, earlier said: ‘It takes courage to come forward and report allegations of this nature.
‘The women who have done so have put their trust in us and we continue to provide them with all available support.
‘Our investigation remains open and we’d encourage anyone who has been impacted by this case, or anyone with information, to come forward and speak with us.
‘A dedicated team of investigators is available via email at CIT@met.police.uk.
‘Any reports will be dealt with in the strictest confidence by specialist officers.
‘Support is also available by contacting the independent charity, Rape Crisis at 24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line.’
In response to historical sexual abuse allegations, Westwood has previously said he ‘strongly denies all allegations of inappropriate behaviour’.
Westwood stepped down from his show on Capital Xtra in April 2022 and left Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra in 2013 after nearly 20 years.
