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| Dave Lee Travis trial: 'Assault' was 'aggressive', says Dave Gorman | Dave Lee Travis trial: 'Assault' was 'aggressive', says Dave Gorman |
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| Staff working on the BBC's Mrs Merton Show thought an alleged assault by Dave Lee Travis was "aggressive" rather than "playful albeit ill-judged", comedian Dave Gorman has told a court. | Staff working on the BBC's Mrs Merton Show thought an alleged assault by Dave Lee Travis was "aggressive" rather than "playful albeit ill-judged", comedian Dave Gorman has told a court. |
| A jury has heard that the ex-Radio 1 DJ groped a female television presenter who worked as a researcher when he appeared on the comedy show in 1995. | A jury has heard that the ex-Radio 1 DJ groped a female television presenter who worked as a researcher when he appeared on the comedy show in 1995. |
| Show scriptwriter Mr Gorman said it was "office gossip to some extent". | Show scriptwriter Mr Gorman said it was "office gossip to some extent". |
| 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. |
| Victim 'shaking' | |
| Mr Gorman said he had been told that as the woman "was escorting Mr Travis back to his dressing room, he at some point" grabbed her breasts. | Mr Gorman said he had been told that as the woman "was escorting Mr Travis back to his dressing room, he at some point" grabbed her breasts. |
| "My recollection was everyone in the team would have known," Mr Gorman told the Southwark Crown Court retrial. | "My recollection was everyone in the team would have known," Mr Gorman told the Southwark Crown Court retrial. |
| He said his "feeling was, if you think back to that time" that if he or his colleagues had called the police to report the alleged incident it "wouldn't have gone anywhere". | He said his "feeling was, if you think back to that time" that if he or his colleagues had called the police to report the alleged incident it "wouldn't have gone anywhere". |
| "He had been and gone. | "He had been and gone. |
| "I recall discussions and questions about whether it had been a sort of 'Carry On film wahey', which might be playful albeit ill-judged, or whether it was aggressive. | "I recall discussions and questions about whether it had been a sort of 'Carry On film wahey', which might be playful albeit ill-judged, or whether it was aggressive. |
| "My recollection was it was aggressive." | "My recollection was it was aggressive." |
| Mr Gorman said the alleged assault was "never at the front of my mind" over the years but he had not "completely forgotten" about it. | |
| 'No recollection' | |
| On Tuesday, the alleged victim told the court she was left "shaking" after being indecently assaulted by the former DJ, who is being tried under his real name, David Griffin. | On Tuesday, the alleged victim told the court she was left "shaking" after being indecently assaulted by the former DJ, who is being tried under his real name, David Griffin. |
| She said the accused approached her as she was smoking a cigarette in the corridor of the BBC studios in Manchester, told her she "shouldn't be smoking" and gave her a "squeezing grope". | |
| "He started touching the bottom of my rib cage. Without saying anything else he just slid his hands up to and over my breasts and then kind of left them there and started squeezing," she said on Tuesday. | "He started touching the bottom of my rib cage. Without saying anything else he just slid his hands up to and over my breasts and then kind of left them there and started squeezing," she said on Tuesday. |
| Stephen Vullo QC, barrister for Mr Travis, said his client had "no recollection" of the alleged victim. | |
| The woman, who says she was 22 when she was assaulted, told the court she later spoke publicly about the alleged assault but did not report the incident to the police until January 2014. | |
| The DJ, 69, is being retried on one count of indecent assault of a woman in the 1990s and another of sexual assault on a different woman in 2008 - after a jury failed to reach verdicts earlier this year. | The DJ, 69, is being retried on one count of indecent assault of a woman in the 1990s and another of sexual assault on a different woman in 2008 - after a jury failed to reach verdicts earlier this year. |
| He has also pleaded not guilty to the additional count of indecent assault alleged to have taken place in Manchester on 17 January 1995. | He has also pleaded not guilty to the additional count of indecent assault alleged to have taken place in Manchester on 17 January 1995. |