Overview

• The 73-year-old peer faces two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration relating to the same woman.
• Prosecutors say the rape charges stem from the early hours of 10 August in Fulham, with a separate alleged assault on 5 May in Warbleton, East Sussex.
• Brocket was arrested on 29 August, charged on 30 August, and appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court where he confirmed his identity and was not asked to enter pleas.
• District Judge Louisa Cieciora granted bail with a GPS tag and imposed an exclusion from entering within the M25.
• In court, the prosecutor relayed the complainant’s account of suspected drugging and loss of consciousness, while the defence said the allegations are denied.