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Dave Lee Travis described as 'opportunist' sex offender Dave Lee Travis described as 'opportunist' sex offender
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Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis was an "opportunist" sex offender who targeted "vulnerable" young women, a London court has been told.Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis was an "opportunist" sex offender who targeted "vulnerable" young women, a London court has been told.
One young woman, aged 19, had been "assaulted live on Top of the Pops" in 1978, prosecutor Miranda Moore QC said.One young woman, aged 19, had been "assaulted live on Top of the Pops" in 1978, prosecutor Miranda Moore QC said.
The jury was shown footage of the alleged assault as the DJ introduced a song by The Smurfs.The jury was shown footage of the alleged assault as the DJ introduced a song by The Smurfs.
Mr Travis, 68, whose real name is David Griffin, denies 13 counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault.Mr Travis, 68, whose real name is David Griffin, denies 13 counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault.
Ms Moore told Southwark Crown Court the alleged offences had taken place in work settings, including at pantomimes, openings and prize-givings.Ms Moore told Southwark Crown Court the alleged offences had taken place in work settings, including at pantomimes, openings and prize-givings.
"The offences vary in gravity," she said. "All are sexual in nature involving unwanted contact by this defendant on much younger women, both over clothing and under clothing." "The offences vary in gravity," she said.
One victim, then 15, claims she was pinned to her seat, and screamed in fear of being raped, during an assault in a trailer at a pop concert, Ms Moore told the court. "All are sexual in nature involving unwanted contact by this defendant on much younger women, both over clothing and under clothing."
A woman who alleges she was an 18-year-old virgin when she was assaulted in a BBC radio studio, went to the Daily Mail in 2012 after she felt nothing was being done by the BBC. Operation Yewtree
One woman who was an 18-year-old BBC clerk, alleges an assault in a BBC radio studio. She went to the Daily Mail in 2012 after she felt nothing was being done by the BBC, the court heard.
The youngest alleged victim, who was 15, claims she was attending a Showaddywaddy concert in 1978 at a farm in Gloucestershire, where the defendant invited her in to his trailer for a drink.
After discussing music, Mr Travis then commented on the girl's breasts, before lifting her top over her head and pulling down her bra to expose her breasts, Ms Moore told the court.
The woman claims she was then pinned to her seat. "In her words, she thought he was going to rape her," Ms Moore said.
Mr Travis was arrested as part of Scotland Yard's Operation Yewtree, which was set up after abuse allegations against the late entertainer, Jimmy Savile, the court heard.
Police got referrals from "all over the country" about Mr Travis, Ms Moore said.
The court was told that Mr Travis denies the assaults ever happened, and claims the alleged victims are motivated by greed for compensation and media attention.The court was told that Mr Travis denies the assaults ever happened, and claims the alleged victims are motivated by greed for compensation and media attention.
Mr Travis, who hosted the Radio 1 Breakfast show from 1978 to 1993 and was a regular host of Top of the Pops in the 1970s and 80s, is accused of carrying out the offences between 1976 and 2008. In one of the alleged assaults, said to have taken place between 1976 and 1977, Mr Travis invited an 18-year-old into a "continuity suite" to choose a song, the jury was told.
Mr Travis, of Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, stood in the dock as the charges, which relate to 11 female complainants, aged between 15 and 29 at the time, were read to the jury. Mr Travis asked if she wanted to dance and pressed his groin against her, Ms Moore said.
"She felt uncomfortable," Ms Moore said. "She told him to stop and he grabbed her and put the red light [signalling a live broadcast] on.
"He appeared to her to be getting angry," Ms Moore said, before he "put his hand up her skirt".
The woman ran from the room, "not caring if she was live on air", the court heard. Mr Travis said the alleged incident did not happen, Ms Moore said.
Stood in dock
Mr Travis, who hosted the Radio 1 Breakfast show from 1978 to 1980 and was a regular host of Top of the Pops in the 1970s and 80s, is accused of carrying out the offences between 1976 and 2008.
The former DJ, of Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, stood in the dock as the charges, which relate to 11 female complainants, aged between 15 and 29 at the time, were read to the jury.
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Judge Anthony Leonard told the jury to try the case only on evidence heard during the trial.Judge Anthony Leonard told the jury to try the case only on evidence heard during the trial.
He warned the jury of four men and eight women that there should be "no sleuthing" on the internet and said they could be jailed for contempt of court if they broke the rules.He warned the jury of four men and eight women that there should be "no sleuthing" on the internet and said they could be jailed for contempt of court if they broke the rules.
The trial is set to last up to six weeks. The trial is expected to last up to six weeks.