Reform UK councillor charged with 12 counts of rape and multiple other offences

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Reform UK councillor charged with 12 counts of rape and multiple other offences

The Guardian · Nov 3, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC

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.…

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