Sex Education star in court accused of 26 sex offences including ‘forcing children to read Shakespeare naked’

A SEX Education prima has appeared successful tribunal accused of 26 enactment offences against women and children.

Alexander Westwood, who starred successful 17 episodes of the deed Netflix show, started his crimes aged conscionable ten, jurors heard.

The 24-year-old allegedly sexually abused 1 miss implicit a seven-year period.

He is besides accused of making young children recite Shakespeare bare successful acting people and getting them instrumentality portion successful nude relation play scenes.

Prosecutor Andrew Wallace said: "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."

Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Westwood allegedly raped a pistillate aged implicit 16 4 times.

He is besides facing charges of forcing a young miss and lad to prosecute successful intersexual enactment .

Westwood, who has besides appeared successful Doctors, faces 26 offences successful total.

Other charges see 7 counts of intersexual battle connected a female, 3 counts of causing a kid nether 13 to ticker a intersexual enactment and 3 counts of assaulting a miss nether 13 by touching.

He is besides charged with 2 counts of inciting a girl nether 13 to prosecute successful intersexual enactment involving penetration and 3 counts of assaulting a pistillate 13 and implicit by penetration.

Mr Wallace said: "If we were to database each lawsuit determination would beryllium hundreds of charges."

According to his IMDb profile, Westwood was an "unaccredited student" successful Sex Education.

He has besides had roles successful film Outlawed and Father Brown and presented a children's TV amusement called Sensations.

The trial, which is expected to past a month, continues.