Reform UK councillor George Madgwick charged with 12 rapes and child image offence

George Madgwick, 37, the leader of the Reform group on Hampshire County Council and a Portsmouth councillor, has been charged with 12 counts of rape and one count of distributing indecent images of a child. The offences are alleged to involve four teenagers and span the period from 2008 to 2021.

Madgwick, who has been identified as a prominent voice in recent Portsmouth protests concerning the arrival of asylum seekers on small boats, now faces these serious criminal charges.