Former TV presenter John Leslie charged with Edinburgh nightclub sex assault
Written by News on 26/11/2017
Former television presenter John Leslie has been charged with sexually
assaulting a woman at a nightclub in Edinburgh.
Leslie, 52 – an ex-host of Blue Peter and Wheel Of Fortune – is alleged to have put his hand up a woman’s skirt.
The alleged incident is said to have taken place at ATIK in Tollcross while the 26-year-old woman was out on a hen night.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police in Edinburgh have charged a 52-year-old man following a report that a 26-year-old woman was the victim of a sexual assault at a nightclub in the Tollcross area on Sunday 25 June."
A spokesman for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said: "The procurator fiscal has received a report concerning a 52-year-old male, in connection with an alleged incident in Edinburgh on June 25 2017.
"The report is currently under consideration by the procurator fiscal."
(c) Sky News 2017: Former TV presenter John Leslie charged with Edinburgh nightclub sex assault