**** HRP Media Release
Police charge taxi driver for sexual assault
Police have charged a taxi driver in relation to a sexual assault that occurred in Halifax last month.
On May 23 police received a report of a sexual assault that had occurred that evening in downtown Halifax. A taxi driver picked up a fare and sexually assaulted the woman who was not known to him.
On June 28 Investigators with the Sexual Assault Investigation Team of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division arrested the suspect in Halifax without incident.
Marwan Al Ali, 50, is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court at a later date to face one count of sexual assault.
