A Reform UK councillor has been charged with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape.
George Madgwick, who leads the Reform UK group on Hampshire County Council, faces charges of sexual assault, controlling or coercive behaviour and making indecent images of children.
The alleged offences are said to have taken place over 13 years between 2008 and 2021 in Portsmouth and Wales. They relate to four complainants, who were aged between 16 and 17 at the time.
Hampshire Police launched an investigation into Madgwick, who is also a councillor on Portsmouth City Council, after receiving a complaint last July.
The 37-year-old was arrested on January 6 in Wandsworth,
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