Halifax taxi driver charged with sexually assaulting passenger: police

Halifax Regional Police have charged a taxi driver with sexual assault after an incident last month.

In a release, Halifax police received a report on April 11 about a sexual assault that was said to have happened early April 10.

“A taxi driver picked up a fare in Halifax and sexually assaulted the woman who was not known to him,” police said.

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Police say investigators with the sexual assault investigation team arrested a man Thursday in Halifax without incident.

Mearig Fasil Markos, 28, faces one count of sexual assault. He is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court at a later date.

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