Cheng Jiang Cao found guilty of indecently assaulting disabled passenger Taxi driver Cheng Cao was found guilty today of indecently assaulting a female passenger. Pic: Greg Higgs Source: News Limited A TAXI driver has been found guilty of indecently assaulting a female disabled passenger and covering up his cab's security cameras. Cheng Jiang Cao assaulted the woman, who has cerebral palsy, by placing his hand down her top in November 2012. Cheng, 54, of Blair Athol, had originally pleaded not guilty to both charges but mid-trial pleaded guilty to interfering with the approved taxi camera system. In Cheng's police interview he said the victim had spat at him and he covered up the cameras because he was going to hit her. "I admit I was going to hit the passenger," Cheng said. He told police he did not know whether the passenger was a boy or girl and decided not to hit her because he realised she was disabled. He said he touched the victim because "I had to clean up the passenger's body." Today in the Adelaide Magistrates Court, Magistrate Simon Smart said he rejected Cheng's account of the incident. "I find this to be a most unlikely and absurd explanation," Mr Smart said. He said it was implausible that Cheng placed his hand down the victim's top to remove spittle, especially since Cheng was not holding a cloth. Cheng will be sentenced next month. Outside of court the victim's parents said it was a victory for their daughter and people with disabilities. "It's such a victory for (our daughter) who clearly hasn't got a voice and could never stand up for herself so in terms of justice for her it's a fantastic day," her mother said. Her father said the verdict was "absolutely fantastic" but there was still work to be done. "There are a lot of vulnerable people out there who don't have a voice and if this can happen to (our daughter) it can happen to a whole range of other people," he said. I just think there's still a whole mass of other work that's still got to be done within the legal system and the justice system to recognise the rights of people with disabilities. Dignity for Disability MP Kelly Vincent said that it was a rare victory. "There are still many cases of this kind of abuse happening in our community that don't even make it to a court, let alone to a positive result," she said.