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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. | 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. | Travis, 68, denied all charges against him during the four-week trial. The alleged incidents dated back to between 1976 and 2003. |
| Jurors found him not guilty of groping a teenager in his Radio 1 studio in the 1970s, a 15-year-old girl at a Showaddywaddy concert in 1978, and a teenage music fan during an episode of Top Of The Pops in 1978. | |
| He was also cleared of grabbing the breasts of a Radio 4 announcer in the early 1980s, a teenager in his motorhome at a gig in 1983, and a young hotel worker in Bude, Cornwall, in 1984. | |
| The other charges he was found not guilty of were two counts of assaulting a British Airways worker in the 1990s and four that related to two women he worked with when he had a slot on Classic Gold radio in the early 2000s. | |
| However, jurors failed to reach verdicts on the alleged indecent assault of a woman working on a pantomime in the early 1990s along with an alleged sexual assault on a journalist who interviewed him at his home in 2008. | |
| 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. | 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. | "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." | 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". | 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. | "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." | "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. | 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. | 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 | Additional reporting by Press Association |