Theatre bookshop boss denies bottom grope claim

  A bookshop manager today (weds) denied groping a woman’s breast and bottom as they danced together. Simon David, 56, allegedly sexually assaulted the woman at the Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square, Chelsea on December 6 last year. David appeared at Isleworth Crown Court wearing a bright blue suit and spoke only to confirm his name and deny sexual assault. Prosecutor Tom Gill told an earlier hearing David was a shop manager at the theatre. He said: ‘The woman…