Man found guilty of sexual assaulting ex-girlfriend gets new trial

A North Vancouver man who was found guilty of sexually assaulting and assaulting his former girlfriend has had his conviction overturned on appeal.
In May 2015, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Gail Dickson found Mohammadmahdy Hamzehali guilty of the offences against his ex-girlfriend, who can only be identified by the initials S.M. due to a publication ban.
The judge concluded that Hamzehali slapped S.M. over the face one day in May 2013, leading her to distance herself from him. She found that Hamze