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Dave Lee Travis jury retires to consider verdict | Dave Lee Travis jury retires to consider verdict |
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The jury in the sex abuse trial of the former BBC broadcaster Dave Lee Travis has retired to consider its verdicts. | The jury in the sex abuse trial of the former BBC broadcaster Dave Lee Travis has retired to consider its verdicts. |
Mr Travis is being retried on one count of indecent assault of a woman between November 1990 and January 1991, and sexual assault of another complainant between June and November 2008. | Mr Travis is being retried on one count of indecent assault of a woman between November 1990 and January 1991, and sexual assault of another complainant between June and November 2008. |
A jury was unable to reach verdicts on those charges at an earlier trial. | A jury was unable to reach verdicts on those charges at an earlier trial. |
The DJ is also accused of a further indecent assault alleged to have taken place in 1995. He denies all charges. | The DJ is also accused of a further indecent assault alleged to have taken place in 1995. He denies all charges. |
Mr Travis is on trial under his real name David Griffin, and all three charges against him relate to women. | Mr Travis is on trial under his real name David Griffin, and all three charges against him relate to women. |
On Wednesday Judge Anthony Leonard told the jury - made up of six women and six men - at London's Southwark Crown Court not to be swayed in their decision by other recent cases involving celebrities. | On Wednesday Judge Anthony Leonard told the jury - made up of six women and six men - at London's Southwark Crown Court not to be swayed in their decision by other recent cases involving celebrities. |
'Perfect gentleman' | |
He said there was "no guilt or innocence by association". | He said there was "no guilt or innocence by association". |
The defendant from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire was a DJ on BBC Radio 1 until 1993, and was also a regular host of Top of the Pops. | The defendant from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire was a DJ on BBC Radio 1 until 1993, and was also a regular host of Top of the Pops. |
Prosecutors claimed Mr Travis was an "opportunist", but his barrister Stephen Vullo QC said defence witnesses had described him as a "perfect gentleman". | |
One of the allegations for which he is being retried dates back to the 1990s when he was starring in a pantomime. | |
Prosecutors claim Mr Travis put his hands inside the trousers of a woman, who was working on the production of Aladdin. | |
The second allegation on which he is being retried relates to an allegation that the DJ groped a journalist's chest when she went to interview him at his home in 2008. | |
The additional count of indecent assault is alleged to have taken place on 17 January 1995 and involved a young woman working on the BBC's Mrs Merton Show. | |
Prosecutors said Mr Travis approached the woman, who was smoking in a corridor, and put his hands on her chest for about 10 to 15 seconds. |