Netflix Sex Education star in court charged with 26 sex offences against children and women

Actor Alexander Westwood, who appeared successful Netflix's Sex Education, is connected proceedings accused of 26 intersexual offences against children and women. He denies the charges.

An histrion known for his relation connected Sex Education has appeared successful tribunal accused of intersexual offences against children and women.

Alexander Westwood, 24, is connected proceedings astatine Wolverhampton Crown Court connected 26 antithetic offences. The actor, who starred successful 17 episodes of the Netflix series, faces charges against offences relating to 2 children helium gave acting lessons to. Among the alleged crimes are rape, with offences stretching backmost to earlier helium was 10 years old. Ten of the charges subordinate to alleged intersexual maltreatment of a miss implicit a seven-year clip period.

Westwood has denied each charges made against him and has claimed his alleged victims person assorted motivations to falsely impeach him. On Monday, a tribunal heard however helium had allegedly forced hopeful actresses to recite Shakespeare bare earlier taking portion successful relation play scenes without apparel on.

According to National World, Prosecutor Andrew Wallace told the jury: "Alexander Westwood is an actor. He is simply a ultimate manipulator. All these charges person a communal theme, of inappropriate touching and predatory behaviour. The 10 indictments concerning a girl, the archetypal complaint is connected the day of his 10th birthday, that is the day due to the fact that determination is nary criminality earlier this age."

The work explained however the authoritative continued: "If we were to database each lawsuit determination would beryllium hundreds of charges."

It's claimed helium utilized his stardom to manipulate his acting pupils. Mr Wallace told the court: "Then erstwhile giving acting lessons, helium again utilized this arsenic an accidental to interaction his pupils inappropriately. These are schoolgirls we are talking about, teenagers. Imagine asking Dame Judy Dench to recite Hamlet naked, she would archer you wherever to go."

In total, Westwood faces 26 offences. This includes 4 counts of rape of a pistillate implicit 16. Other charges helium faces see 3 counts of causing a pistillate 13 oregon implicit to prosecute successful a non-penetrative intersexual enactment and 1 number of inciting a lad nether 13 to prosecute successful intersexual activity. He besides faces 7 counts of intersexual battle connected a pistillate and 3 counts of causing a kid nether 13 to ticker a intersexual act.

The proceedings against the histrion is expected to past astir a month.

If you've been the unfortunate of intersexual assault, you tin entree assistance and resources via www.rapecrisis.org.uk oregon calling the nationalist telephone helpline connected 0808 802 9999.

If you are 18 oregon nether and person been affected by this story, you tin interaction Childline, confidentially connected 0800 1111. You tin besides interaction the NSPCC Helpline by phoning 0808 800 500 oregon emailing help@nspcc.org.uk. If a kid is successful contiguous danger, telephone 999.