Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis Charged with 12 Sexual Offences

Dave Lee Travis. Photograph by Brian Milnes

Former BBC radio presenter Dave Lee Travis, known as DLT or “The Hairy Cornflake”, has been charged with 11 counts of indecent assault and one account of sexual assault.

Travis was first arrested as part of Operation Yewtree, investigating the claims of sexual abuse that arose with the publicity surrounding Jimmy Savile’s actions, in November 2012, and has now been charged with offences from between 1977 and 2007.

Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London Alison Saunders said:

We have carefully considered the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police Service as part of Operation Yewtree in relation to David Patrick Griffin, who was initially arrested on 15 November 2012 over allegations of sexual offences. A file of evidence was passed to the CPS on 31 July 2013.

Having completed our review, we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest for Mr Griffin to be charged with 11 counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault. These date from 1977 to 2007 and relate to nine complainants aged between 15 and 29 at the time of the alleged offending.

The charges are:

• One offence of indecent assault relating to a woman, aged 18, in 1977.
• Two offences of indecent assault relating to a girl, aged 15, in 1977.
• One offence of indecent assault relating to a woman, aged 19, in 1978.
• One offence of indecent assault relating to a woman, aged between 26 and 28, on a date between 1981 and 1983.
• One offence of indecent assault relating to a woman, aged 18, in 1983.
• One offence of indecent assault relating to a woman, aged between 19 and 20, on a date in 1985.
• One offence of indecent assault relating to a woman, aged 22, in 1990.
• Three offences of indecent assault relating to a woman, aged between 26 and 29, from 2000 to 2003.
• One offence of sexual assault relating to a woman, aged 23, in 2007.