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| Dave Lee Travis to be sentenced for indecent assault | Dave Lee Travis to be sentenced for indecent assault |
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| Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis will be sentenced later for indecently assaulting a woman in 1995. | Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis will be sentenced later for indecently assaulting a woman in 1995. |
| The 69-year-old had been found guilty of attacking a researcher who was working on TV's Mrs Merton Show. | |
| When Travis was convicted, the judge told him "all my options remain open in relation to sentencing". | |
| Travis, of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, was cleared of a 1990 indecent assault and a 2008 sexual assault. | |
| He was being retried for these latter two charges after jurors could not reach a verdict on them at a trial earlier this year, during which he was cleared of 12 indecent assault charges. | He was being retried for these latter two charges after jurors could not reach a verdict on them at a trial earlier this year, during which he was cleared of 12 indecent assault charges. |
| On Tuesday the jury at Southwark Crown Court found him not guilty of the indecent assault and could not reach a verdict over the sexual assault charge. | |
| Travis, who was tried under his real name David Griffin, appeared on BBC Radio 1 for more than 25 years until 1993 and was a regular host of Top of the Pops. | Travis, who was tried under his real name David Griffin, appeared on BBC Radio 1 for more than 25 years until 1993 and was a regular host of Top of the Pops. |