Halifax police reveal pattern behind 12 cabbie sex-assault allegations
Halifax police have released new details about their investigation into a string of alleged sexual assaults by cab drivers that have unnerved local women, confirming there have been a dozen remarkably similar cases in the past four years.
Of the 12 cases, five were reported to police in the past three months alone, prompting a heated debate over taxi safety.
“We’ve had a recent rash of these events, and people have been inquiring about these assaults and what they can do for their own personal safety,” Insp. Lindsay Hernden said Monday in an interview.
“We also want the victims to understand that this is not their fault. They were victimized by perpetrators seemingly operating with the same (methods) … We’ve got a series of things in these files that stand out.”