A TEENAGER was indecently assaulted by a taxi driver after she was picked up outside a Stockton nightclub.
The 16-year-old was outside Zanzibar, in the High Street, at about 9pm on Thursday after meeting with friends.
She got in to the licensed cab and asked to be taken to Middlesbrough.
The driver of the black Vauxhall Cavalier pulled up on Thornaby Road, Thornaby, and indecently assaulted the teenager.
The girl fought back and punched him in the face before she managed to escape and run back towards Stockton town centre.
She has been left extremely shaken and traumatised by the incident, but was not injured.
The taxi driver is described as Asian, aged 30 to 40, of chubby build with small ears wide eyes and a bent nose.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Constable Jon Tapper, of Stockton CID, on (01642) 302226.
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