Phillip Schofield’s brother Tim ‘sexually abused schoolboy for three years’
PHILLIP Schofield’s brother sexually abused a teenage schoolboy during a three-year campaign of attacks, a court heard today.
Civilian police worker Timothy Schofield, 54, is accused of 11 charges of interfering with a child which started when the victim was just a teen.
Tim Schofield – who has appeared on This Morning and was previously given behind the scenes access to Dancing on Ice, both of which are presented by his brother – is understood to have carried out the attacks while working for Avon and Somerset Police.
The most serious charge involved a sex act with the teenager.
The other alleged offences include forcing the child to watch pornography and watch him while he “engaged in a sexual activity”.
The alleged offences took place between October 2016 and October 2019.
The boy only came forward around five years later and is understood to have confided in This Morning star Phillip Schofield who helped him report it to police.
A court heard today how “shocked” Phillip Schofield replied “what did you just say?” after his brother confessed to a sex act with a teenager.
Timothy went to Phil’s house on September 12, 2021, and admitted he had “time” with the teenager where they watched porn and performed sex acts together.
This Morning star Phillip replied: “What the hell is time? That should never happen again.”
Opening the case for the prosecution, Peter Stellard said: “The defendant is seven years younger than Phillip and they had not been particularly close growing up, however in December 2019 the defendant told his brother he was gay.
“According to Phillip the defendant travelled up that day [September 2021] and he was extremely agitated.
“His brother described him as very angry and distressed. The defendant also told his brother that he was impotent.
“The defendant then said his brother would hate him for what he was about to say, his brother said that he wouldn’t and then the defendant said he had their time together and that last year they had watched porn and w***** together.”
The judge, Mrs Justice Johanna Cutts, spoke to the jury to warn them not to be distracted by Phillip Schofield’s celebrity status.
Timothy Schofield had arrived at Exeter Crown Court on Monday wearing a face mask and jacket over his head to avoid being photographed.
Looking scruffy with an open-necked shirt, baseball cap and grey trousers the married man walked freely into the dock of court 1 flanked by two security guards.
Schofield of Bath, Somerset, shook his head as the charges against him were read out, all of which he denies.