Reform councillor charged with 35 offences including 12 counts of rape

George Madgwick, 37, will appear before Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (Picture: Portsmouth News/Solent News)

A Reform UK councillor who led protests against migrant landings in Portsmouth has been charged with 12 counts of rape against teenagers.

George Madgwick, 37, has been suspended from Reform UK after being charged with 35 offences, including two counts of sexual assault, two counts of making and one count of distributing indecent images of a child.

The charges follow a Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary in...