British sailor’s gang rape case adjourned, verdict expected Friday

The high-profile case of a British sailor accused in an alleged gang rape at a Halifax-area military base has been adjourned until Friday.

Justice Patrick Duncan was scheduled to deliver his verdict in Darren Smalley’s case today in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, but he set the matter over until Friday due to “court scheduling issues.”

Smalley is charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and participating in a sexual assault involving one or more people in barracks at 12 Wing Shearwater on April 10, 2015.

The complainant testified at his trial last fall that she went to sleep next to a sailor, and later awoke face down and naked as at least three men sexually assaulted her.

Smalley was part of a Royal Navy hockey team that was in Halifax to compete in a tournament.

He did not testify at the judge-only trial.

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