A 33-year-old man has been charged in connection with what police say was a sexual assault at a Halifax trail.
Halifax Regional Police said they received a report just before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday that a sexual assault had taken place “a short time earlier” around the Belchers Marsh Park trails.
“A man approached a woman who was walking on the trail and touched her in a sexual manner. The man was not known to the woman,” police said in a release.
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A suspect was arrested not too far away.
The man will be appearing at Halifax Provincial Court to face one charge of sexual assault.