A BRADFORD doctor has been cleared of sexually assaulting a teenage girl on her bed during a home visit.

Fesal Hussain was hugged by relatives and well-wishers at Bradford Crown Court this afternoon after he left the dock.

Judge Graham Robinson said after the jury's 'not guilty' verdicts: "Dr Hussain can be discharged from the dock. No need to stay there any more."

Hussain was unanimously acquitted of two allegations of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl after jurors had debated for two hours and 25 minutes.

During a week long trial, the Crown accused Hussain of groping and indecently assaulting the teenager during an unauthorised visit to her home address on the afternoon of July 8, 2015.

The girl, who had recently given birth, claimed she was sexually abused by the doctor in her bedroom.

The court heard that Hussain, 33, of St Michael's Road, White Abbey, Bradford, was a locum GP with the Parkside Medical Practice and the Mughal Medical Centre as well as doing stints at Bradford Royal Infirmary.

He told the jury he went to the girl's home after a mix-up and never touched her at all.

Defence barrister, Sasha Wass QC, asked Hussain if he had sexually assaulted the girl or touched her.

He replied from the witness box: “I did not touch any part of her body.”

Hussain added: “I did not examine her. I did not do anything. As soon as I realised there had been a mix-up, I left.”

On being in the house at all, Hussain said: “I saw a young girl and a baby. Immediately, I thought ‘what has gone on here?’ I found it odd and thought it was amiss.

"I asked if they remembered me as their GP and if they were registered at Parkside. They were not trying to answer the question. They were just saying I needed to sort her out and see her.”

Dr Zahir Mughal, principal GP at Mughal Medical Centre, where Hussain had worked, had told the court he was “very hard-working” and “very conscientious”.