A Greater Manchester Police officer has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman during a night out in the city centre.
Daniel Lasley was alleged to have groped the woman's breasts and unfastened her jeans while she was unconscious in a taxi on the evening of November 11, 2019.
The 34-year-old former Royal Marine and then trainee police officer previously denied sexual assault. READ MORE:Forensics scour Manchester street after man stabbed A jury at Preston Crown Court today (October 7) found him not guilty after less than two hours deliberating.
The trial previously heard Mr Lasley had been out drinking with police colleagues in the Spinningfields area, before meeting the woman near the end of the night.
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