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Dave Lee Travis trial: TV researcher 'groped', court hears Dave Lee Travis trial: TV researcher 'groped', court hears
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A woman has told a court she was left "shaking" after being assaulted by former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis.A woman has told a court she was left "shaking" after being assaulted by former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis.
The alleged victim, a television personality who cannot be named, said Mr Travis groped her during the recording of BBC spoof chat programme the Mrs Merton Show when he appeared as a guest in 1995.The alleged victim, a television personality who cannot be named, said Mr Travis groped her during the recording of BBC spoof chat programme the Mrs Merton Show when he appeared as a guest in 1995.
Mr Travis denies two counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault.Mr Travis denies two counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault.
He is being tried under his real name, David Griffin.He is being tried under his real name, David Griffin.
The woman, who worked as a researcher on the Mrs Merton Show, was 22 when she said Mr Travis approached while she was smoking a cigarette in the corridor of BBC studios in Manchester.The woman, who worked as a researcher on the Mrs Merton Show, was 22 when she said Mr Travis approached while she was smoking a cigarette in the corridor of BBC studios in Manchester.
The former DJ told her she "shouldn't be smoking" and gave her a "squeezing grope", she told the court.The former DJ told her she "shouldn't be smoking" and gave her a "squeezing grope", she told the court.
'Weird sexual thrill''Weird sexual thrill'
"He started touching the bottom of my rib cage. Without saying anything else he just slid his hands up to and over my breasts", she said. "Kind of left them there and started squeezing.""He started touching the bottom of my rib cage. Without saying anything else he just slid his hands up to and over my breasts", she said. "Kind of left them there and started squeezing."
The woman said she felt shocked and told court: "I absolutely knew he had some weird sexual thrill from this. I felt like I'd been punched, that feeling of being violated."The woman said she felt shocked and told court: "I absolutely knew he had some weird sexual thrill from this. I felt like I'd been punched, that feeling of being violated."
She said she went to see the show's producer "in a flap", not knowing what to do.She said she went to see the show's producer "in a flap", not knowing what to do.
The woman said she later spoke publicly about what had allegedly happened, but did not report the incident to the police until January 2014.The woman said she later spoke publicly about what had allegedly happened, but did not report the incident to the police until January 2014.
She was cross-examined by Mr Travis's barrister Stephen Vullo QC, who suggested Mr Travis had touched her "briefly and accidentally". 'No recollection'
Stephen Vullo QC, barrister for Mr Travis, told court his client had "no recollection" of the alleged victim.
In cross-examination, he suggested that Mr Travis had touched the woman "briefly and accidentally".
"It wasn't accidental and it wasn't brief", she said."It wasn't accidental and it wasn't brief", she said.
The woman said she had felt guilty about not coming forward earlier.The woman said she had felt guilty about not coming forward earlier.
Peter Kessler, producer of the Mrs Merton Show, told court the woman had approached him in 1995, "looking astonished", and told him about meeting Mr Travis.
He said they decided to "put it down to experience" and that the woman would be kept away from Mr Travis for the rest of the evening.
Under cross examination, Mr Kessler described the complaint as one of "sleazy bad behaviour".
In 2012, Mr Kessler wrote to the woman after reading a newspaper report that reminded him of the alleged incident, he told the court.
He then went to the police at the prompting of his wife, who is a barrister.
Mr Travis, 69, is also being retried on two counts - one of indecent assault and one of sexual assault - after a jury failed to reach verdicts earlier this year.Mr Travis, 69, is also being retried on two counts - one of indecent assault and one of sexual assault - after a jury failed to reach verdicts earlier this year.
The counts relate to separate people and separate incidents in 1990-91, 1995 and 2008.The counts relate to separate people and separate incidents in 1990-91, 1995 and 2008.