Overview
- At a Southwark Crown Court case management session, the judge excused Westwood from attending, with a pre-trial review listed for December 14 and a jury trial due to start on January 25, 2027.
- He faces four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault, and two counts of sexual assault linked to seven women in alleged incidents between 1983 and 2016.
- Westwood has pleaded not guilty and remains on bail with a ban on contacting the complainants and requirements to notify police about travel and any change of address.
- Prosecutors say the alleged offences include three indecent assaults at BBC studios in the 1990s, an alleged hotel rape in 1996, incidents at London addresses in the 2000s and 2010s, and an alleged sexual assault at a Stroud nightclub in 2010.
- The timeline reflects standard Crown Court practice, where evidence disclosure and pre-trial rulings take months before a jury hears the case.