A DENTAL receptionist has been cleared of all counts of child sexual abuse after a trial in Oxford.

Ashley Hookway, 31, was on trial at Oxford Crown Court charged with eight counts of child sexual abuse which is alleged to have occurred in the early 2000s.

It was alleged that Mr Hookway had sexually abused a boy, who was at his youngest five years of age, when Mr Hookway himself was aged between 11 and 14.

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However, a twelve-strong jury cleared Mr Hookway of all counts.

During the trial, Mr Hookway told the jury that he was due to get married but has had to delay it due to the trial.

 “We were planning to get married in a couple of years,” he said. Sadly, we’ve had to postpone.”