Reform UK councillor charged with 12 counts of rape and multiple other offences
George Madgwick, party leader on Hampshire county council, faces charges related to four teenagers between 2008 and 2021 Reform UK’s leader on Hampshire county council has been charged with 12 counts of rape and one of distributing indecent images of a child. George Madgwick, 37, who is a councillor in Portsmouth and leads the Reform group on the council, was a prominent voice linked to recent…

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Reform councillor charged with 35 offences including 12 counts of rape (opens Sky News in a new tab)
A Reform UK councillor says he is "shocked and dismayed" after being charged with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape.
Reform UK councillor charged with 12 counts of rape and making indecent images of child (opens The Independent in a new tab)
George Madgwick has been bailed to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on 25 November
Reform UK councillor charged with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape (opens Evening Standard in a new tab)
George Madgwick, 37, has been bailed to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on November 25.
Reform UK councillor charged with 12 counts of rape and multiple other offences (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
George Madgwick, party leader on Hampshire county council, faces charges related to four teenagers between 2008 and 2021 Reform UK’s leader on Hampshire county council has been charged with 12 counts of rape and one of distributing indecent images of a child.…


