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
Travis to journalist: 'You're making me uncomfortable'
Just before the judge arrived in court for the sentencing, Dave Lee Travis demanded that Sunday Times journalist Camilla Long move from her seat in the public gallery behind the dock.
Ms Long wrote an article for the newspaper in 2012 in which she claimed she had been groped by the DJ during an interview.
After tapping on the glass-walled dock, Travis said: "You're making me uncomfortable. Get where you should be - in the press gallery."
When Ms Long replied that there were no seats available, Travis turned to the packed press gallery and said: "Anybody want to give her a seat?"
The exchange was interrupted when the judge entered the courtroom.
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