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
Former DJ Dave Lee Travis walks free from court
Disgraced Dave Lee Travis has walked free from court despite being found guilty of groping a young researcher behind the scenes at The Mrs Merton Show.
The former Top Of The Pops presenter was sentenced to three months in prison suspended for two years by Judge Anthony Leonard QC.
London's Southwark Crown Court heard Travis got a "weird sexual thrill" when he indecently assaulted the woman, who is now a successful TV personality, in 1995.
The DJ cornered the woman in the corridor of a BBC television studio where she was smoking and commented on her "poor little lungs" before squeezing her breasts for 10 to 15 seconds.
Travis glanced at the floor and replied "Thank you, your honour" after the judge passed sentence.
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