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Ex-spokesman for Stephen McNeil gets conditional sentence on assault charge

Kyley Harris. Twitter

HALIFAX – A former spokesman for Nova Scotia’s premier has received a conditional discharge on an assault charge.

Kyley Harris was also handed nine months’ probation at a sentencing hearing Monday in Halifax provincial court.

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Harris pleaded guilty to the charge in December.

Court was told Harris struck a woman in the face during a domestic argument on May 9, 2014.

He was initially placed on administrative leave with pay, but was fired a short time later by Premier Stephen McNeil.

McNeil said the termination was necessary because Harris waited four days to tell the government he was facing a charge.

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