Paula Nickerson, who was working as a sexual assault nurse at the time of the alleged incident in the barracks of a Halifax-area military base in April 2015, says she found a number of bruises and injuries on the woman.

Darren Smalley, 38, is charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and participating in a sexual assault involving one or more people at 12 Wing Shearwater.

Thirty-eight-year-old Darren Smalley is charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and participating in a sexual assault involving one or more people.