AN emergency care assistant has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a patient in an ambulance under the pretence it was a medical examination

Marcus Gunn was found guilty after a trial at Oxford Crown Court of two counts of sexual assault which took place on December 16, 2022 in West Oxfordshire.

The 58-year-old inappropriately touched a patient, who cannot be named for legal reasons, whilst she was being driven to the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

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It was heard he had penetrated the woman as well as exposing her breasts until the patient pretended to pass out.

Gunn, of Station Road, Fenny Compton, was found guilty on Friday (June 14) and has been remanded in custody.

He will now be sentenced on September 9.