A young woman who says at least three men sexually assaulted her in the barracks of a Halifax-area military base is expected to continue testifying today at the trial of a British sailor.
The young woman told Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Thursday she went to sleep in a room with four beds in the Warrior Block of 12 Wing Shearwater next to a sailor in April 2015.
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The complainant, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, says she woke up to two men performing sex acts on her from the front and one from behind.
The woman is still being questioned by a Crown lawyer, but the lawyers have gone in camera, so her testimony has not yet resumed.
Thirty-eight-year-old Darren Smalley is charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and participating in a sexual assault involving one or more people.
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The case once involved four accused, but charges against two other sailors were dropped and charges against another man were stayed earlier in the trial.
The men were participating in a naval hockey tournament at the time of the alleged incident.
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