Phillip Schofield’s brother Tim accused of ‘sexually abusing schoolboy for three years’

ok.co.uk:

Phillip Schofield's brother, Tim, sexually abused a teenage schoolboy repeatedly over a period of three years, acourt has heard.

Civilian police worker Timothy Schofield, 54, is accused of 11 counts of interfering with a child, beginning when the victim was just a teenager.

He has denied all accusations.The most serious charge involved a sex act with the teenager. He is also accused of causing the teen to watch pornography and watch him while he "engaged in a sexual activity".Timothy, who has previously appeared alongside his brother on This Morning, allegedly committed these offences between October 2016 and October 2019, while he was working for Avon and Somerset Police.

The Daily Mail reports that Prosecutor Peter Stellard KC opened the case with: "This is a case about the obsessive sexual interest of Timothy Schofield in [his alleged victim] and the subsequent sexual abuse of that teenage boy.