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| Dave Lee Travis trial: Jury given majority direction | Dave Lee Travis trial: Jury given majority direction |
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| Jurors in the sex abuse trial of former BBC DJ Dave Lee Travis have been told they can give majority verdicts. | Jurors in the sex abuse trial of former BBC DJ Dave Lee Travis have been told they can give majority verdicts. |
| Judge Anthony Leonard made the direction on the third day of their deliberations at Southwark Crown Court. | Judge Anthony Leonard made the direction on the third day of their deliberations at Southwark Crown Court. |
| Mr Travis is being retried on one count of indecent assault on a woman between 1990 and 1991 and one of sexual assault in 2008. | Mr Travis is being retried on one count of indecent assault on a woman between 1990 and 1991 and one of sexual assault in 2008. |
| The 69-year-old is also accused of an indecent assault on a third woman in 1995. He denies all charges. | The 69-year-old is also accused of an indecent assault on a third woman in 1995. He denies all charges. |
| A jury was unable to reach verdicts on the first two charges at an earlier trial. | A jury was unable to reach verdicts on the first two charges at an earlier trial. |
| The judge told the jury of six men and six women: "The time has now come where I can accept a verdict on which not all of you agree, but on which 10 can agree." | The judge told the jury of six men and six women: "The time has now come where I can accept a verdict on which not all of you agree, but on which 10 can agree." |
| Pantomime allegation | Pantomime allegation |
| Mr Travis, from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, was a DJ on BBC Radio 1 until 1993, and also a regular host of Top of the Pops. He is on trial under his real name David Griffin. | Mr Travis, from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, was a DJ on BBC Radio 1 until 1993, and also a regular host of Top of the Pops. He is on trial under his real name David Griffin. |
| Prosecutors claimed Mr Travis was an "opportunist" and argued his "charming and cuddly" persona was no defence for his actions. | Prosecutors claimed Mr Travis was an "opportunist" and argued his "charming and cuddly" persona was no defence for his actions. |
| But his barrister Stephen Vullo QC said defence witnesses had described him as a "perfect gentleman". | 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. | 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. | 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 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. | 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. | 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. |
| The jury will continue its deliberations on Tuesday. |