Cleared of groping schoolgirl

A Tube passenger accused of groping a 12-year-old girl on her way to school has been cleared by a jury. Algerian Redha Bassaid, 41, was charged with running his hands up the girl’s legs and grabbing her bottom. The girl, who cannot be named, was with her friend at Clapham Common station during the rush hour on 15 June last year when they became separated. The married father was cleared after the jury deliberated for two days at Blackfriars Crown…