Tim Westwood Faces Two Additional Historic Sexual Offence Charges

Tim Westwood, the 68-year-old former DJ, has been charged with two additional alleged offences from 1991 and 2004.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which decides whether to bring criminal charges in England and Wales, authorised the charges. He is expected to answer them at Westminster magistrates' court on a date to be fixed.

The allegations are distinct in time and place. He is accused of indecently assaulting a girl aged 16 or 17 in Hammersmith and Fulham in 1991, and of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth in May 2004, according to The Guardian. The two charges relate to separate reports of non-recent offences, or incidents reported years later, involving two additional women.

Authorisation came from CPS London. Deputy chief crown prosecutor Catherine P Baccas confirmed one count of indecent assault and one count of sexual assault. A count is one formal allegation. Prosecutors describe Westwood as of Westminster.

The new charges sit alongside an existing case. Westwood had already been charged with nine counts of indecent assault, two counts of sexual assault and four counts of rape in relation to reported offences between 1983 and 2016 involving seven women. The CPS announced those charges in October 2025, according to CPS. He is identified as a former BBC Radio 1 DJ and former Capital Xtra DJ, according to BBC News. That work history is public context, not part of the charges.

In December 2025, Westwood pleaded not guilty to 15 sexual offences, including the four rape counts, according to Reuters. That plea means he denies the charges ahead of trial. The two latest charges came after that plea and need a separate first appearance. That will happen at Westminster magistrates' court. No date has been fixed. The court will address the new charges formally before setting a timetable.

In my view, the near-term focus is administrative rather than evidential. The alleged range already covered 1983 to 2016, so 1991 and 2004 fall inside it. What is new is additional reports, additional women, and more episodes for the court to schedule. Until the magistrates' date is fixed, the questions are how the fresh counts line up with the existing case and what timetable can hold. Each allegation will be tested only after first appearance.