Cabbie acquitted of sex assault investigated for similar offence in 2012:warrant
HALIFAX — A Halifax cab driver who was acquitted last week of sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman in the back of his taxi in 2015 was questioned after similar allegations three years earlier, according to court documents that allege an inebriated female passenger was taken to an apartment and sexually assaulted.
The claim is detailed in a search warrant related to the alleged 2015 incident involving 40-year-old cabbie Bassam Al-Rawi, and outlines the woman’s earlier allegations.
The woman, who is not named, said she was driven to an apartment by a cab driver, taken upstairs and sexually assaulted sometime in 2012, according to the warrant. At the time, she told police she had limited recollection of the assault.
The document states that Al-Rawi was questioned and told police he did not recall the incident, and said he would not force someone to have sex and “that he had never had intercourse with someone who was sleeping or passed out.”