Cab Driver Sexual Assault

• Defence lawyer questions female passenger’s consciousness in closing arguments at Al-Rawi trial

  Ian Hutchison defended his client's innocence, telling the court that no evidence was presented during the retrial to disprove the defences theory that the female passenger took her own pants off.

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  May 30, 2019
  
• Police photographs seen in court show scene of alleged sexual assault involving former Halifax taxi driver

  The alleged incident happened four years ago on May 23, 2015.

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  May 24, 2019
  
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• Former Halifax taxi driver accused of sexual assault finishes testifying in retrial

  The court will be back in session on May 30th for closing submissions to Judge Ann Marie Simmons.

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  May 23, 2019
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• Halifax cab driver accused of sexual assault returns to stand for second day

  Al-Rawi is expected to finish his cross examination on May 23, with additional court dates set aside on May 30 and 31.

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  Apr 18, 2019
• Halifax taxi driver Bassam Al-Rawi’s sex assault trial adjourned after four days of evidence

  Bassam Al-Rawi's trial was scheduled to continue today in Halifax provincial court, but there were concerns raised about the translation of testimony from a forensic biologist into Arabic.

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  Jan 11, 2019
• I wouldn’t have consented to sex with taxi driver, woman tells trial

  Al-Rawi faces a charge of sexual assault, after an acquittal was overturned last January by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.

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  Jan 9, 2019
• 74-year-old Halifax taxi driver charged with sexual assault of female passenger

  Halifax Regional Police say yet another taxi driver in the municipality has been charged with sexual assault.

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  Jan 8, 2019
• Police constable testifies she found young woman passed out, mostly naked in Halifax taxi driver’s car

  "She wasn't moving. She wasn't talking. Her eyes were closed."

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  Jan 8, 2019
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• Halifax taxi driver acquitted of sexually assaulting passenger can reapply for licence

  Ghazi's taxi license was suspended in April of 2016 and expired last year while his case was making its way through the courts.

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  May 18, 2018