Summary
Reform UK councillor George Madgwick has been charged with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape, the Crown Prosecution Service said. The allegations concern four people who were aged 16 or 17 at the time; Madgwick is due in court on 25 November and has been suspended from the party.Key Facts
- Madgwick, 37, leads Reform UK on Hampshire County Council.
- The charges include 12 counts of rape, two of sexual assault, two of assault by penetration, and three offences involving indecent images of a child.
- He has also been charged with making a threat to kill, false imprisonment and stalking.
- Police said the alleged offences took place between 2008 and 2021 in Portsmouth and Wales.
- Hampshire Police said they began investigating on 24 July last year after receiving a report of a sexual offence.
- Police arrested a man in Wandsworth, south-west London, on 6 January.
- Madgwick is due to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on 25 November.
- The CPS said the case is active and reminded the public that Madgwick has the right to a fair trial.
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