Two women’s groups have been granted intervenor status in the appeal of taxi driver’s acquittal on sexual assault charges. The Nova Scotia Supreme Court says it will hear from Avalon Sexual Assault Centre and the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund when it hears the appeal of Bassam Al-Rawi’s acquittal. Al-Rawi was found with a partially naked passed out women in his taxi but a judge found Al Rawi not guilty of sexual assault earlier this year. The acquittal sparked a national outcry. The Crown appealed the decision and the case will be heard by the Supreme Court this November.
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Woman Charged in Tatamagouche Armed Robbery
A Nova Scotia woman has been charged with robbery after an alleged hold-up at a main street store in Tatamagouche. Police says a woman pulled up in a truck at a service station early yesterday morning, entered a store, said she had a gun and demanded money. The employee gave the woman an amount of cash, then the woman then fled the area in the vehicle, in the direction of New Glasgow. The suspect was arrested a short time later by members of New Glasgow Regional Police on related charges following incidents that occurred in New Glasgow.