Celebrity peer charged with rape and sexual assault

A celebrity peer has been charged with rape and sexual assault.

Lord Charles Brockett, was arrested on Friday and subsequently charged with two counts of rape in London on 10 August, said the Metropolitan Police.

The 73-year-old, from Fulham, west London, was also charged with one count of sexual assault in Warbleton, east Sussex, on 5 May.

The force said the victim was being supported by specialist police officers.

Lord Brocket, who finished fourth on the 2004 series of Im a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, was due to appear before magistrates in Westminster on Saturday.

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