A man accused of sexually abusing three girls during the late 1970s and early 1980s has been cleared.

Paul Miles, 42, of Woodstock Road, Witney, denied two charges of rape, five charges of indecent assault and one of gross indecency between February 3, 1975, and April 14, 1983, in Witney and Wantage.

He denied claims by the three women that the assaults had taken place and was acquitted after a two-day trial at Oxford Crown Court.