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Halifax-based sailor to face court martial in sexual assault of Armed Forces member

FILE - HMCS Athabaskan heads past Georges Island as it heads out of the harbour in Halifax on Jan. 14, 2010.
FILE - HMCS Athabaskan heads past Georges Island as it heads out of the harbour in Halifax on Jan. 14, 2010. Andrew Vaughan/ The Canadian Press

A Canadian Armed Forces court martial will be convened on Tuesday morning for a Halifax-based sailor accused of sexually assaulting another Forces member.

In addition to sexual assault, Master Seaman Daniel Cooper has been charged with “ill treatment of a person by rank or appointment was subordinate to him.”

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According to National Defence, the alleged incidents took place on Nov. 10, 2015, on board HMCS Athabaskan near Rota, Spain.

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Chief Military Judge Colonel Mario Dutil will be presiding over the court martial.

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