Former radio DJ Tim Westwood denies two more sex offences

Former BBC DJ Tim Westwood has appeared in a London court to deny two additional sex offences dating back to 1991 and 2004.His latest not guilty pleas, issued on Thursday, means he now denies a total of 17 charges against nine women between 1983 and 2016, a period of more than 30 years.At Southwark Crown Court, the 69-year-old pleaded not guilty to indecently assaulting a teenage girl aged 16 or 17 in Hammersmith and Fulham, west London, in 1991.The former BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra DJ also denied sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth, south London, in May 2004.Westwood, of Fitzrovia in London’s West End, was granted conditional bail and will face trial for all 17 charges.Westwood was formerly a DJ on BBC Radio 1 and Capital XtraPAThe DJ was charged in October last year with offences against seven women, which he denies. The latest charges, which he denied on Thursday, were issued in September.Read MoreHe is accused of four indecent assaults in the 1980s in London, as well as three indecent assaults at the BBC in the 1990s.The defendant is also alleged to have raped a woman in a hotel in 1996.Westwood is further accused of two indecent assaults and one count of rape from the early 2000s at a London address, and two counts of rape at a London address in the 2010s.He is also alleged to have committed a sexual assault at a nightclub in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 2010, and at a London music festival in 2016.Westwood has entered not guilty pleas to all counts and is due to face a seven-week trial at Southwark Crown Court on January 27.There will be a pre-trial review for the case, which the defendant does not have to attend, on December 8.Westwood rose to prominence on Capital Radio in the late 1980s, where he hosted the Capital Rap Show on 95.8 FM in London.He went on to become a trendsetter in hip-hop music through his work at Radio 1 and then 1Xtra.The DJ stepped down from his show on Capital Xtra, owned by Global, in 2022 after allegations were reported.