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Man charged in connection with sexual assault at Halifax apartment common area

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Halifax Regional Police say a 23-year-old man is facing multiple charges — including sexual assault, forcible confinement and uttering threats — in connection with an incident over the weekend.

Officers responded at around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday to an apartment building on Brunswick Street where it was reported a sexual assault had just occurred.

“A man approached a woman in a common area of the building and sexually assaulted her. The man was not known to the woman,” police said in a news release.

A man was arrested at the scene a “short time later.”

Mykhailo Bielinskyi, 23, was scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court on Monday to face charges of:

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  • Sexual assault
  • Assault causing bodily harm
  • Choking to overcome resistance
  • Uttering threats
  • Mischief
  • Forcible confinement

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