John Leslie: Last News

of grabbing a woman’s breasts at a Christmas party in 2008.The verdict was delivered after 23 minutes of deliberation, with Leslie crying and nodding towards the jury.Referring to him by his full name, John Leslie Stott, Judge Deborah Taylor said: ‘Mr Stott, you for the second time leave this court without a stain on your character and I hope it will be the last time you have to attend.’Leslie told the jury he had become reclusive, paranoid, depressed and suicidal amid the allegations, adding: ‘I lost everything.’The presenter was hugged by his father, Les Scott, who has attended court every day for the past week, upon leaving the dock.

John Leslie has been found not guilty of sexual assault.

Christmas party but said the incident never happened.The 55-year-old walked free from Southwark Crown Court today after a jury of nine men and three women found him not guilty of sexual assault following just 25 minutes deliberation.An emotional John Leslie banged his forehead on the glass of the dock before putting his hand over his face and weeping.His father, Les, sat in the public gallery and burst into tears at the verdict before the pair shared a glance and then hugged as he left the dock.The court had previously heard a woman claimed, out of nowhere, the "over-excited" presenter who "didn't get out much" grabbed her breasts and gave a "hearty laugh" when she introduced himself to him.Witnesses in the West End bar testified they were

The jury in Blue Peter star John Leslie's sex assault trial was sent home today as a 'precautionary measure' amid tight Covid-19 restrictions.

John Leslie said in court today that sexual assault allegations left him suicidal and in a park 'with a tree and a rope'.

John Leslie allegedly made a ‘solid grab’ of a woman’s breasts at a Christmas party, the court heard today as his sexual assault trial began. The former Blue Peter presenter is accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met at a Christmas party more than 10 years ago. Leslie, 55, denies sexual assault by intentionally touching the woman without her consent on December 5 2008. A new jury was sworn in on Tuesday to begin the trial, after the original jury was discharged on Monday because one juror was ‘unable to carry on’.In court, the woman accusing Leslie took the stand and said she had recognised the presenter at the gathering in London’s West End and had just introduced herself before he groped her. The woman, who cannot be identified,

When Abi Titmuss clapped eyes on TV presenter John Leslie in a bar in Fulham, London, in 1999, she had no idea how life-changing that moment would be.