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| A petrified 15-year-old girl feared she was going to be raped when former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis lunged at her backstage at a Showaddywaddy concert, a court has heard. | |
| The starstruck teenager was attacked by Travis after he invited her into his VIP trailer at the pop concert in Gloucestershire in June 1978, the jury was told. | The starstruck teenager was attacked by Travis after he invited her into his VIP trailer at the pop concert in Gloucestershire in June 1978, the jury was told. |
| In a video interview with detectives, which was played on screens in court, the woman said she felt awkward and scared and was crying and screaming as Travis pinned her down before shoving his hand up her skirt and pulling off her top. | |
| "I was petrified. I thought he was going to rape me. I was crying, I was shouting at him to stop then he all of a sudden did stop," the woman told police officers, halting only to apologise for sounding nervous. | "I was petrified. I thought he was going to rape me. I was crying, I was shouting at him to stop then he all of a sudden did stop," the woman told police officers, halting only to apologise for sounding nervous. |
| The girl fled from the trailer, the court heard, before hitch-hiking home and deciding not to tell anyone about what had happened because her parents had told her not to get tickets for the concert. | The girl fled from the trailer, the court heard, before hitch-hiking home and deciding not to tell anyone about what had happened because her parents had told her not to get tickets for the concert. |
| Describing why she did not tell anyone about her ordeal until November 2012, the woman said she thought the attack was "what I got for lying" to her parents about going to the gig. | Describing why she did not tell anyone about her ordeal until November 2012, the woman said she thought the attack was "what I got for lying" to her parents about going to the gig. |
| She described Travis as a "disgusting old man" and a "pervert" as she gave evidence from behind a white curtain in the witness box of Southwark crown court in London. | She described Travis as a "disgusting old man" and a "pervert" as she gave evidence from behind a white curtain in the witness box of Southwark crown court in London. |
| Listening to proceedings from the dock, Travis later burst out laughing as the Showaddywaddy frontman, David Bartram, told the jury he recalled the concert because the former DJ "came on stage with the band and proceeded to make a nuisance of himself". Travis, who listened to the evidence through earphones, winked and smiled at Bartram as the witness left the courtroom. | Listening to proceedings from the dock, Travis later burst out laughing as the Showaddywaddy frontman, David Bartram, told the jury he recalled the concert because the former DJ "came on stage with the band and proceeded to make a nuisance of himself". Travis, who listened to the evidence through earphones, winked and smiled at Bartram as the witness left the courtroom. |
| Travis denies assaulting 11 women, including the 15-year-old girl, in a series of incidents between January 1976 and November 2008. | Travis denies assaulting 11 women, including the 15-year-old girl, in a series of incidents between January 1976 and November 2008. |
| Earlier, a woman told the jury she was left "absolutely rigid with fear" when, in 1983, Travis pinned her against the wall of his campervan and tried to stick his tongue in her mouth. | Earlier, a woman told the jury she was left "absolutely rigid with fear" when, in 1983, Travis pinned her against the wall of his campervan and tried to stick his tongue in her mouth. |
| The former Top of the Pops host invited the then 19-year-old student into his "very very posh" campervan after he had played a DJ set at Nottingham's Trent Polytechnic, the court heard. | The former Top of the Pops host invited the then 19-year-old student into his "very very posh" campervan after he had played a DJ set at Nottingham's Trent Polytechnic, the court heard. |
| The woman, who is now a headteacher, told jurors that Travis was showing her around his vehicle when he suddenly turned and pressed her against the wall. "I turned and he was on to me and his demeanour changed," she said. "I'd been absolutely rigid with fear and I realised it was that moment thinking: 'Oh my goodness, something was going to happen.'" | The woman, who is now a headteacher, told jurors that Travis was showing her around his vehicle when he suddenly turned and pressed her against the wall. "I turned and he was on to me and his demeanour changed," she said. "I'd been absolutely rigid with fear and I realised it was that moment thinking: 'Oh my goodness, something was going to happen.'" |
| The jury was told that the first time she met Travis he had taken hold of a security pass pinned to her top and said: "Securi-titties". | |
| A third woman who gave evidence in the trial told how she was left in tears when Travis "deliberately" groped her breasts in the middle of a busy office in early 2000. The former local radio journalist, who was 21 at the time of the alleged assault, told jurors she was "gutted" by the incident because she saw Travis as a "friendly granddad" who had been "very tactile" with her since her first day at the station in Buckinghamshire. | A third woman who gave evidence in the trial told how she was left in tears when Travis "deliberately" groped her breasts in the middle of a busy office in early 2000. The former local radio journalist, who was 21 at the time of the alleged assault, told jurors she was "gutted" by the incident because she saw Travis as a "friendly granddad" who had been "very tactile" with her since her first day at the station in Buckinghamshire. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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