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Former BBC DJ Dave Lee Travis found guilty of indecent assault

Former BBC Radio 1 presenter Dave Lee Travis has been found guilty of one count of indecent assau...
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15.07 23 Sep 2014


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Former BBC DJ Dave Lee Travis...

Former BBC DJ Dave Lee Travis found guilty of indecent assault

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15.07 23 Sep 2014


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Former BBC Radio 1 presenter Dave Lee Travis has been found guilty of one count of indecent assault.

The ex 'Top Of The Pops' presenter was cleared of another count of indecent assault and the jury was undecided on a count of sexual assault.

On Monday, the judge at Southwark Crown Court in London told the 12 jurors he would accept a majority verdict of 10-2.

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They returned their verdicts after 19 hours and 15 minutes of deliberations.

Travis (69) appeared in court under his real name David Griffin, and stared straight ahead with a stony expression as the verdicts were read out.

As Judge Anthony Leonard QC summed up the evidence, he urged the panel to disregard accusations made about other celebrities in light of the Jimmy Savile affair.

He also warned them to "not allow themselves to become overawed or deflated by the interest this case has attracted".

He stressed: "The fact that the defendant is a well-known media personality does not change the rules of this case."

Travis faced a retrial after jurors failed to reach verdicts on two of the charges earlier this year.


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