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David Sparks pleads guilty to naming victim in Lyle Howe sex assault case

David Sparks has pleaded guilty to violating a publication ban in a high-profile sexual assault case. File/Global News

HALIFAX – A Halifax-area man has pleaded guilty to violating a publication ban in a high-profile sexual assault case.

David Sparks was charged in September after police alleged he posted the name of a sexual assault victim on Facebook.

In July 2014, defence lawyer Lyle Howe was sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in March 2011.

An appeal of Howe’s case will be heard in March, while Sparks will be sentenced on March 17.

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