Former Halifax taxi driver Bassam Al-Rawi wants one sexual assault charge quashed

A former Halifax taxi driver at the centre of a controversial sexual assault acquittal is moving to quash one of the charges against him.

Crown lawyer Carla Ball has confirmed that Bassam Al-Rawi‘s lawyer Ian Hutchinson notified the Halifax province court Monday that his client wants a hearing on a motion to quash a sexual assault charge from 2012.

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Al-Rawi was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2012, but it was decided in March 2013 there was insufficient evidence to charge him.

Police took another look at the file last year and it was decided there were grounds for a charge of sexual assault.

Lawyers will return to court Aug. 9 to set a date for that hearing.

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He also faces a charge of sexual assault in connection with a May 2015 incident, after an acquittal was overturned in January by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.