FORMER BBC Radio One DJ Tim Westwood has been granted conditional bail after appearing in court today charged with rape and sexual assault.

The 68-year-old is accused of offences against seven women and is charged with four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.

He appeared in the dock at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday wearing a dark grey shirt and spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address.

The former BBC DJ, who returned to Britain from Nigeria last week, was not required to enter pleas to any of the charges.

He has attended five voluntary police interviews since the investigation into the alleged offences began, the court heard.

The charges include an allegation of rape against a woman at a hotel in London in 1996, one count of rape from the early 2000s at an address in London, and two counts of rape at an address in London in the 2010s.

Westwood is further accused of four indecent assaults in London in the 1980s, three indecent assaults at BBC studios in the 1990s, and two indecent assaults in the early 2000s.

He is also alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman at a nightclub in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 2010, and sexually assaulted another woman at a music festival in London in the 2010s.

Westwood has previously denied all allegations of sexual misconduct made against him.

Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring granted Westwood bail on the condition that he does not contact prosecution witnesses.

He will next appear at Southwark Crown Court on December 8.