Woman charged with assaulting Andrew Younger agrees not to contact him

HALIFAX – A woman charged with assaulting a Nova Scotia cabinet minister has signed an undertaking that she will not try to contact him or his wife.

Court documents say 28-year-old Tara Gault must abstain from contacting Andrew Younger or his wife Katia, as well as another woman, except through legal counsel.

The information sworn on Friday says Gault is charged with assaulting Younger on or about Oct. 22, 2013, the day the Liberal government took power after the last provincial election.

The case returns to Halifax provincial court on Jan. 28.

Younger, the member of the legislature for Dartmouth East, requested a temporary leave from his ministerial duties on Dec. 23, citing unspecified personal matters.

He has been stripped of his ministerial compensation of about $49,000 but is maintaining his salary as a legislature member, which is about $89,000.