Halifax cab driver guilty of sexually assaulting female passenger
HALIFAX — A Halifax cab driver has been convicted of sexually assaulting a female passenger last summer.
Saher Hamdan, 29, sexually assaulted a young woman as she waited to pay her fare on July 15, 2016, trying to kiss her and touching her sexually without her consent.
He was convicted Wednesday in Halifax provincial court, and will be sentenced Oct. 13.
The case came at a time of heightened anxiety — Halifax police said in 2016 there had been 14 reported sexual assault cases involving taxi drivers over the previous four years.