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A cab driver has avoided being thrown behind bars after sexually assaulting a female passenger who had earlier hugged and kissed him on the cheek.
The 29-year-old taxi driver, Harmeet Singh, had driven a 34-year-old woman home after she'd been out drinking in Cairns, in northern Queensland, in September last year.
Singh pleaded guilty to sexual assault after kissing the woman twice on the mouth and touching her breast as she tried to flee the cab.
During sentencing on Friday in the Cairns District Court, it was heard the 34-year-old had confided in the driver about her ex-partner during the trip.
When Singh pulled in front of her apartment complex he asked the woman
