The Crown recommended Bassam Al-Rawi serve a sentence of between three and four years, while the defence asked for a two-year non-custodial sentence.

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court justice has ruled that a Halifax cab driver that he found guilty of sexual assault will not be getting a new trial. 

Justice Gerald Moir delivered his decision in Nova Scotia Supreme Court Friday afternoon, where he said he was convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the victim did not consent to having sex with Bassam Al-Rawi.

Former Halifax cab driver Bassam Al-Rawi testified for the first time in court Wednesday to defend himself against accusations that he sexually assaulted a female passenger.

The Crown called four witnesses to the stand on Tuesday as it concluded its seventh day of evidence against Bassam Al-Rawi, a former Halifax cab driver accused of sexual assault.

The trial of a British sailor accused in a gang rape at a Halifax-area military base is hearing today from officers who investigated the case.

The young woman has testified in Nova Scotia Supreme Court that she decided to sleep in the room with four men next to a sailor.