A man, who was charged last year in connection with an assault that
took place during a massage in Bedford, faces new charges.
On November 16, 2011, HRM Partners in Policing issued a release
regarding sexual assault charges being laid against a male masseuse.
That investigation resulted in a 41-year-old man being charges on
November 8, 2011.
On December 12, 2011, police received a complaint of an assault that
took place during a massage on May 30, 2011. A woman reported that she
attended a private home in Bedford and during her treatment, the male
masseuse touch her inappropriately. Investigators allege that the
touching was of a sexual nature.
Forty-one-year-old Adnan Al-Rassi was charged with sexual assault in
connection with the incident that was released in November and was
scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court on December 19, 2011 at
10 a.m. He faces an additional charge of sexual assault in relation to
the incident that was reported to police in December, and is scheduled
to appear in Halifax Provincial Court on April 19, 2012 to answer to the
new charge.
Source: Release
