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The former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis will face a retrial over allegations he sexually assaulted two women. The former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis said he was living a nightmare after being told he will face a retrial over allegations he sexually assaulted two women.
Earlier this month, Travis was cleared of 12 counts of indecent assault dating back to the mid-1970s, but jurors could not reach verdicts on a further count of indecent assault and one of sexual assault. The veteran broadcaster was told he will go on trial for around two weeks later this year over one count of indecent assault and one of sexual assault.
Miranda Moore QC, for the Crown, told Southwark crown court in London on Monday morning that prosecutors would be seeking a retrial over the two counts. This month Travis was cleared of 12 counts of indecent assault dating back to the mid-1970s, but jurors could not reach verdicts on those two charges.
Wearing a purple and black shirt and a black suit, Travis sat slumped against the wall of the dock as the decision was announced. Miranda Moore QC, for the crown, told Southwark crown court in London on Monday that prosecutors would be seeking a retrial over the two remaining counts. The first indecent assault allegation relates to a woman in the early 1990s, and the sexual assault charge to a journalist in 2008.
The 68-year-old was supported in court by his wife, Marianne, and two former PAs. Wearing a purple and black shirt and a black suit, Travis sat slumped against the wall of the dock as the decision was announced. Moore said: "I can tell the court the prosecution will be seeking a retrial over the two outstanding counts."
Moore said: "I can tell the court the prosecution will be seeking a retrial over the two remaining counts." The 68-year-old was supported in court on Monday by his wife, Marianne, and two former PAs, Amanda Townley and Margaret Merritt, a backing singer in the 1970s pop group Pickettywitch.
The first indecent assault allegation relates to a woman in the early 1990s and the sexual assault charge to a journalist in 2008. Standing outside court holding hands with his wife, Travis said: "I want to say something at this point. The last time I stood here I told you I had been suffering – can you stop clicking for a moment guys because I can't think straight – I told you I'd been through 18 months of a nightmare and apparently I was wrong because the nightmare is now going to go on.
Standing outside court holding hands with his wife, Travis said: "The last time I stood here I told you I had been through 18 months of a nightmare and I was wrong because the nightmare is now going to go on.
"This whole thing started when I was 67 and I hope it's going to end by the time I'm 80.""This whole thing started when I was 67 and I hope it's going to end by the time I'm 80."
The court heard that the retrial, scheduled before Judge Anthony Leonard, is expected to last two weeks. Travis and Marianne, his wife of 43 years, then made their way past a scrum of photographers into a waiting black saloon car.
Travis was released on police bail to return to the court for a pre-trial hearing on 28 March. During the short hearing the court heard that the retrial, scheduled before Judge Anthony Leonard, is expected to last two weeks.
Travis was released on police bail to return to the court for a pre-trial hearing on 28 March. "You are to return to this court on 28 March. You are readmitted on bail as before. Thank you very much," the judge told Travis before the DJ left the dock.