Dave Lee Travis 'living a nightmare' after judge orders sex assault retrial
Veteran broadcaster ordered to face two charges, as NSPCC report reveals Jimmy Savile victims were 'laughed at' when they reported crimes to police
The former BBC Radio DJ Dave Lee Travis said he was living a nightmare after being told he will face a retrial over allegations he sexually assaulted two women.
The veteran broadcaster was told he will go on trial for around two weeks later this year over one count of indecent assault and one of sexual assault.
This month Travis was cleared of 12 counts of indecent assault dating back to the mid-1970s, but jurors could not reach verdicts on those two charges.
Miranda Moore QC, for the crown, told Southwark crown court in London on Monday that prosecutors would be seeking a retrial over the two remaining counts. The first indecent assault allegation relates to a woman in the early 1990s, and the sexual assault charge to a journalist in 2008.
Wearing a purple and black shirt and a black suit, Travis sat slumped against the wall of the dock as the decision was announced. Moore said: “I can tell the court the prosecution will be seeking a retrial over the two outstanding counts.”
The 68-year-old was supported in court on Monday by his wife, Marianne, and two former PAs, Amanda Townley and Margaret Merritt, a backing singer in the 1970s pop group Pickettywitch.
