HALIFAX – A lawyer for a woman charged with assaulting a Nova Scotia cabinet minister appeared in Halifax provincial court Wednesday on his client’s behalf.
The case was set over until March 18 for a plea.
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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.
Gault did not appear in court today.
The information 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.
Younger, the member of the legislature for Dartmouth East, requested a temporary leave from his ministerial duties on Dec. 23, citing unspecified personal matters.
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