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Dave Lee Travis to be charged with indecent assault | Dave Lee Travis to be charged with indecent assault |
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Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis is to be charged with a further offence of indecent assault, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. | Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis is to be charged with a further offence of indecent assault, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. |
Mr Travis already faces a retrial on charges of indecent and sexual assault after a jury was unable to agree verdicts on the two counts last month. | |
The CPS said it had authorised police to charge Mr Travis with the extra offence. | |
The 68-year-old said of the new charge: "The nightmare is continuing." | |
Last month, Mr Travis was cleared of 12 counts of indecent assault but the jury could not reach a decision on the two outstanding charges. | |
They relate to an allegation of indecent assault against a woman in the early 1990s along with an alleged sexual assault on a journalist in 2008. | |
Details of the fresh indecent assault charge have not been released. | |
Speaking outside London's Southwark Crown Court, where he was appearing for a legal hearing, Mr Travis said: "It's been a bit of a nightmare. And the only thing I want to say is this: The nightmare is continuing." |