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WA cabbie charged with teen sex assault

A WA taxi driver will front court accused of driving a teenage girl to a secluded spot and sexually assaulting her.

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A taxi driver has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl he picked up while she was walking home in Western Australia's Goldfields region.

Police allege the 17-year-old girl was walking home in the early hours of Sunday when the taxi driver, 37, offered her a lift.

She was then allegedly restrained and driven to a secluded location within Kalgoorlie where she was sexually assaulted, police said.

The taxi driver then drove the girl to a main street in Kalgoorlie and allowed her to get out of the vehicle.

The man has been charged with deprivation of liberty, sexual penetration and indecent assault.

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He will appear in the Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court on Monday.


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