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Former BBC DJ Travis guilty of indecent assault

Dave Lee Travis did not comment on the verdict
Dave Lee Travis did not comment on the verdict

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis has been found guilty of indecent assault.

The ex-Top of the Pops presenter was cleared on a second charge of the same offence following a trial at London's Southwark Crown Court.

The jury were unable to agree a verdict on another charge of sexual assault and were discharged.

Travis, 69, had faced a retrial after jurors failed to reach verdicts on two of the charges earlier this year.

The jury of six men and six women came to their verdicts after 19 hours and 15 minutes.

Prosecutor Teresa Hay told the court a retrial would not be sought on the count of sexual assault that the jury was hung on and a formal verdict of not guilty was entered.

The forewoman told the court the jury had found Travis guilty of a single count of indecent assault by a majority of ten to two.

Judge Anthony Leonard QC warned the former radio star that he was looking at "all options" when he considered his sentence.

Sophie Wood, defending, told the judge they would be asking for Travis to be given a non-custodial community order sentence.

Judge Leonard said "all options remain open", including jail.

Travis left the courtroom accompanied by his wife Marianne.

He declined to comment on the verdict, saying: "I'm not speaking to anybody right this moment."