Overview
- The 68-year-old appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court to face 15 counts, comprising four charges of rape, nine of indecent assault and two of sexual assault.
- Prosecutors say the alleged offences involve seven women across more than three decades, which Westwood denies.
- Court papers cite alleged indecent assaults at BBC studios in the 1990s, a rape at a London hotel and a sexual assault at a London music festival.
- Police and court listings detail specific alleged incidents in Fulham in 1983, Vauxhall in 1986, central London in the mid-1990s, Stroud in 2010 and Finchley in 2016.
- The Metropolitan Police say the investigation remains open and urge anyone with information to contact investigators, and the BBC Board has previously apologised after a review found failings in how concerns were handled.