A TAXI driver accused of sexually assaulting a young woman passenger has had his case sent to Crown Court.

Romanian Remus Dascalescu faces trial by a judge and jury after denying a charge of indecently touching a 19-year-old woman without her consent on March 16.

Plymouth magistrates heard Dascalescu was working for a city private hire company when he allegedly touched the woman on her inner thigh in the front seat late at night in Plymouth.

Dascalescu, a married 33-year-old from Canterbury Drive in Whitleigh, was released on unconditional bail until he appears at the senior court on October 25.

Dascalescu, who spoke through an interpreter, is now a hackney carriage driver.