{"id":11773,"date":"2025-09-10T08:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T08:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/11773\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T08:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T08:22:08","slug":"tv-presenter-jay-blades-due-to-enter-pleas-to-rape-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/11773\/","title":{"rendered":"TV presenter Jay Blades due to enter pleas to rape charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">The 55-year-old found fame on restoration programme The Repair Shop\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BBC presenter Jay Blades is due to appear in court charged with rape (Jacob King\/PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/c075965b-60cd-4fd2-b126-f55c8cb89070.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">BBC presenter Jay Blades is due to appear in court charged with rape (Jacob King\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">TV presenter Jay Blades is due to appear in court, where he is expected to enter a plea to rape charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The 55-year-old, who fronted primetime BBC show The Repair Shop, will face a hearing at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Wednesday following an appearance at Telford Magistrates\u2019 Court last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Blades, who is on conditional bail, stepped back from presenting last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He faces two allegations of rape and was not required to indicate how he would plead to either charge at the previous hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The defendant, of Claverley in Shropshire, found fame on the restoration programme The Repair Shop, which he started presenting in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He also appeared on Celebrity Masterchef, Celebrity Bake Off and Comic Relief, as well as presenting the BBC\u2019s Money For Nothing until 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 55-year-old found fame on restoration programme The Repair Shop BBC presenter Jay Blades is due to 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