DJ’s alleged assault ‘interrupted’ by Chuckle Brothers

A former stage hand who was allegedly groped by veteran DJ Dave Lee Travis while he was appearing in a pantomime has told a court her ordeal ended when they were interrupted by children’s entertainers the Chuckle Brothers.

Former Radio 1 presenter Travis, now 68, was playing “evil uncle” Abanazar in Aladdin, which also featured Chuckle Brothers, Barry and Paul Elliott, London’s Southwark Crown Court heard. The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said she did not report what happened as she thought she could lose her job.

Giving evidence from behind a screen, she said she had gone into Travis’s dressing room, as she had often done before, and he assaulted her without warning.