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| Dave Lee Travis found not guilty on 12 charges of indecent assault | Dave Lee Travis found not guilty on 12 charges of indecent assault |
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| Veteran DJ Dave Lee Travis has been found not guilty of 12 indecent assault charges and the jury at London's Southwark Crown Court has failed to reach verdicts on two other charges. | Veteran DJ Dave Lee Travis has been found not guilty of 12 indecent assault charges and the jury at London's Southwark Crown Court has failed to reach verdicts on two other charges. |
| After 20 hours of deliberation, the jury found Travis not guilty of 12 charges but were unable to return verdicts on one further charge of indecent assault and one of sexual assault, and were discharged. | |
| Travis, 68, denied all charges against him during the four-week trial. The alleged incidents dated back to between 1976 and 2003. | |
| He was allowed to remain seated as the verdicts were passed and listened with the aid of headphones, as he had done during the four weeks of evidence. He showed no reaction as the verdicts were read out, looking straight ahead. | He was allowed to remain seated as the verdicts were passed and listened with the aid of headphones, as he had done during the four weeks of evidence. He showed no reaction as the verdicts were read out, looking straight ahead. |
| His wife Marianne supported him from the public gallery as the verdicts were announced but did not show any emotion. | His wife Marianne supported him from the public gallery as the verdicts were announced but did not show any emotion. |
| She sat next to Margaret Merritt, Travis's personal assistant in the 1970s, who gave evidence as a defence witness. | She sat next to Margaret Merritt, Travis's personal assistant in the 1970s, who gave evidence as a defence witness. |
| Judge Anthony Leonard thanked the jury before discharging them and told Travis he would be bailed on the same conditions as before. | |
| "I understand, thank you," Travis replied before leaving the dock. | |
| Asked by reporters if he was delighted by the result as he walked out of court, he said: "No, I'm not delighted at all." | |
| During the trial, when giving evidence Travis told jurors he was not a "sexual predator" and the claims against him were "nonsensical". | |
| "I do not have a predatory nature with women", he said, "I have a cuddly nature. | |
| "If there have been some sexual interactions in the past, it's been consensual." | |
| The defendant was supported by a host of defence witnesses during the case, including Chuckle Brothers Barry and Paul Elliott, Patricia "Dee Dee" Wilde of Top Of The Pops dance troupe Pan's People, and former colleagues at the BBC and elsewhere. | |
| Travis was tried under his real name David Patrick Griffin. | |
| There will be a further hearing at the same court on 24 February to decide if there should be a retrial of the two outstanding charges. | There will be a further hearing at the same court on 24 February to decide if there should be a retrial of the two outstanding charges. |
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| Additional reporting by Press Association |