TV’S Leslie to appear in court over grope claim

Former TV presenter John Leslie will need to attend court next month over an allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman in an Edinburgh nightclub.

Sheriff Alistair Noble ordained the ex-blue Peter presenter, 52, to appear in person at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on 11 June.

Sheriff Noble made the order during a procedural hearing at the court yesterday. Prosecutors allege the former Wheel of Fortune host put his hand up a 26-year-old woman’s skirt and touched her at the Atik nightclub in Tollcross, Edinburgh, on 25 June last year.

The case against Leslie was called under his real name of John Stott. Defence solicitor advocate Dave Allan asked the court to fix another procedural hearing for the case. Sheriff Noble said: “The accused will be ordained to appear.”