Noel Clarke Pleads Not Guilty to Six Sexual Offence Charges
Actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke pleaded not guilty to six sexual offence charges at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Wednesday, 21 October, Variety reported.
The charges cover two counts of sexual assault, three of voyeurism and one of exposure. The alleged offences took place between 2007 and 2016 and involve five women. London's Metropolitan Police brought the charges after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the body that decides whether cases go to court in England and Wales, authorised them following a review of the evidence.
The CPS announced the charges on 9 September 2026, describing Clarke as 50 years old. The Metropolitan Police said he would appear in court the following month. Wednesday's hearing was that appearance, and his next court date is 18 November.
Clarke is best known in Britain for Bulletproof, a Sky crime drama he co-wrote with Ashley Walters. The show ran for three seasons. It was cancelled in spring 2021, after a Guardian article containing multiple sexual misconduct allegations against Clarke was published. He denied those allegations at the time.
The allegations have also been tested in court in a different setting. In 2025, Clarke lost a libel case against The Guardian. The judge, Mr Justice Steyn, found the paper's reporting substantially true and found that Clarke lacked credibility as a witness. Clarke was ordered to pay £3 million, about $4 million, of the newspaper's legal costs, according to Variety.
Those are the facts of the case so far. The charges are allegations, and Clarke has not been found guilty of any of them. He has entered a not guilty plea, and the case now moves to its next stage in November.
For anyone who has followed Clarke's career on screen, the timeline is worth holding onto. The alleged conduct dates back almost two decades, and the charges came nearly five years after Bulletproof was taken off the air. Each step in the process, from the police file to the court date, is set by the courts and the prosecutors, not by the film industry.
