A taxi driver has been unanimously cleared of sexually assaulting a female passenger.

Altaf Hussain, of Portway, Banbury, was accused of kissing the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, on December 16, 2012.

But the 50-year-old was found not guilty of carrying out the offence by a jury at Oxford Crown Court on August 7.

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