Tim Westwood interviewed under police caution again

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has been questioned for a 3rd clip nether constabulary caution implicit alleged enactment offences, BBC News understands.

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police confirmed they are investigating 5 accusations of non-recent intersexual offences, alleged to person taken spot successful London betwixt 1982 and 2016.

Detectives accidental they interviewed a 65-year-old antheral nether caution connected 15 March, 4 April, and 11 July this year.

There has been nary arrest.

This comes aft BBC News and Guardian investigations uncovered aggregate allegations from 18 women of superior intersexual misconduct and maltreatment by Tim Westwood. He denied those allegations.

In April 2022, a fig of women accused Mr Westwood, who besides worked arsenic a DJ connected BBC Radio 1Xtra, of predatory and unwanted intersexual behaviour and touching, successful incidents betwixt 1992 and 2017.

They besides accused him of abusing his presumption successful the euphony industry. Some of the women told BBC News they encountered Mr Westwood erstwhile they were nether 18. One said that she was lone 14 erstwhile Mr Westwood archetypal had enactment with her.

The DJ stepped down from his Capital Xtra vigor amusement successful April past year.

An outer report, by KC Gemma White, looking astatine what the BBC did and did not cognize astir Mr Westwood's behaviour during his adjacent 20-year employment with the corporation, is owed to beryllium published this year.

BBC News has tried to interaction Mr Westwood for comment.