Tim Westwood charged with two further sexual offences

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood faces two additional sexual offence charges dating to 1991 and 2004, taking his total to 17.

• The Crown Prosecution Service authorised the two further charges of indecent assault and sexual assault, deputy chief crown prosecutor Catherine P Baccas said.
• Westwood, 68, is accused of indecently assaulting a girl aged 16 to 17 in Hammersmith and Fulham in 1991 and an 18-year-old in Wandsworth in 2004.
• He now faces 17 charges involving nine women, having pleaded not guilty to the earlier counts last December.
• A trial on the original 15 charges is scheduled to begin at Southwark Crown Court on 25 January 2027.