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Judge to rule on former cab driver charged with sexually assaulting passenger

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A judge is expected to rule today in the case of a former Halifax cab driver charged with sexually assaulting a female passenger.

The Crown alleges Houssen Milad kissed a female passenger on top of her head while driving her home to Armdale in June 2016.

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The Crown also alleged that he groped her buttock before she got out of the vehicle.

The 26-year-old complainant told Judge Gregory Lenehan she did not consent to being touched by the driver.

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Milad testified in his own defence, denying through an Arabic interpreter that the woman was ever in his vehicle.

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The judge reserved his decision.

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