Dave Lee Travis given three month suspended sentence
Dave Lee Travis has been sentenced to three months in prison suspended for two years at Southwark Crown Court for groping a young researcher behind the scenes at the Mrs Merton Show
Dave Lee Travis has 'spent £350,000 facing two trials'
Dave Lee Travis' barrister Stephen Vullo QC, mitigating, said his client has spent around £350,000 on the two trials he has faced. He said Travis's wife has been "by his side throughout" and the couple faced an "enormous cost" as they were forced to sell their family home.
The DJ has not worked since his arrest in October 2012, Mr Vullo said. "He has not hidden away or tried to frustrate proceedings in any way," he added.
Travis has no previous convictions and is of "good character", the barrister said.
Mr Vullo said Travis had not called the victim a "liar and fantasist" but claimed she had "escalated and exaggerated" her accusation following the publicity against the DJ.
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