Philip Schofield's brother 'admitted sex acts with teen'

The member of TV big Phillip Schofield told the presenter astir engaging successful intersexual enactment with a teenager, a tribunal has heard.

Timothy Schofield, 54, is connected proceedings astatine Exeter Crown Court accused of 11 intersexual offences against a child, including 2 of intersexual enactment with a child.

The civilian constabulary worker, from Bath, is said to person committed the offences astir Bristol betwixt 2016 and 2019.

He allegedly told his member astir the offending successful September 2021.

In a written connection work to the tribunal connected Wednesday, the This Morning presenter said helium had invited his member to sojourn him successful London aft receiving a telephone from him successful an "agitated and upset state".

Mr Schofield said they had a repast and spent respective hours talking earlier his member raised the contented of intersexual enactment with the complainant.

He said the suspect was "in an utmost authorities of agitation" and "as aggravated arsenic I person ever seen him".

Timothy Schofield expressed suicidal thoughts but rejected the presenter's suggestions that helium spot his GP.

"Tim said helium didn't privation to instrumentality pills. At immoderate constituent successful the speech Tim told maine helium was besides impotent, and I responded that determination were pills for that, too," Mr Schofield said.

The presenter continued: "I was washing up and Tim was lasting down maine and helium said, 'You are going to hatred maine for what I americium astir to say'.

"I said determination was thing helium could accidental that would marque maine hatred him."

Timothy Schofield past told his older member astir watching porn with the teen and performing intersexual acts.

Mr Schofield's connection continued: "I turned and said, 'What did you conscionable say?' He said it was past twelvemonth and we were unsocial together.

"Tim said it was conscionable this once. I told him it should ne'er hap again."

The presenter said his member had past tried to springiness him much details astir the incident.

"I said, 'F***, stop'. I shouted astatine Tim that helium had to stop. I didn't privation to cognize immoderate of the details but helium made it dependable similar a one-off," Mr Schofield said.

"I said, 'I don't privation you to archer maine anymore'. I said, 'You've got to stop, conscionable ne'er bash it again. Regardless however that happened it indispensable ne'er hap again'."

The defendant, who is employed by Avon and Somerset Police arsenic an IT technician, denies 3 charges of causing a kid to ticker intersexual enactment and 3 of intersexual enactment successful the beingness of a child.

He further denies 3 charges of causing a kid to prosecute successful intersexual enactment and 2 of intersexual enactment with a child.