Tim Westwood in court to deny two more sexual offence charges

Tim Westwood has denied two further sexual offence charges at Southwark Crown Court, bringing the total he denies to 17. The allegations concern nine women and span 1983 to 2016; Westwood is due to face trial in January.

The new charges relate to an alleged indecent assault on a girl aged 16 or 17 in Hammersmith and Fulham in 1991, and an alleged sexual assault on an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth in May 2004. The other charges include allegations of rape and indecent assault in London, as well as sexual assaults at a nightclub in Gloucestershire and a London music festival. Westwood, 69, has pleaded not guilty to all charges and was granted conditional bail.