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.
They were about to hear the TV presenter's lawyer Gudrun Young make her closing speech when Judge Deborah Taylor adjourned the case.
The judge said in a statement: "As a precautionary measure the trial is unable to sit today and it is hoped the trial will be able to continue on Monday.'' Leslie, 55, who also presented This Morning, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Christmas party at a bar in London's West End in 2008.
He denies one charge of sexual assault by intentionally touching a woman without her consent. The alleged victim claimed he sexually assaulted her moments after she had