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Bail for ex-BBC DJ charged with rape
Western Daily Press
|November 11, 2025
FORMER BBC Radio One DJ Tim Westwood has been granted conditional bail after appearing in court charged with rape and sexual assault.
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The 68-year-old is accused of offences against seven women, including three indecent assaults at the BBC studios in the 1990s.
Westwood is also alleged to have raped a woman at a London hotel in 1996 and sexually assaulted another woman at a music festival in the city around 20 years later.
This story is from the November 11, 2025 edition of Western Daily Press.
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