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Dave Lee Travis accused of 'unwanted physical contact'

Veteran DJ Dave Lee Travis acted as if he had the "perfect right" to grope young women, his trial has heard.

The 69-year-old former Radio 1 DJ inappropriately touched several women who were "many years" younger than him during a period spanning more than two decades, a jury at London's Southwark Crown Court was told today.

Prosecutors said the alleged offences "involved unwanted physical contact over and under clothing."

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Travis accused of 'unwanted physical contact'

Dave Lee Travis arrives at Southwark Crown Court this morning. Credit: PA

Veteran DJ Dave Lee Travis acted as if he had the "perfect right" to grope young women, a court has heard.

The 69-year-old former Radio 1 DJ inappropriately touched several women who were "many years" younger than him during a period spanning more than two decades, a jury at London's Southwark Crown Court was told today.

Prosecutors said the alleged offences "involved unwanted physical contact over and under clothing."

Travis faces a retrial on two counts - one of indecent assault of a woman between November 1 1990 and January 31 1991, and another of sexual assault on a different woman between June 1 2008 and November 30 2008 - on which a jury was unable to reach verdicts at a trial earlier this year.

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