Immigration minister’s husband charged with assault, choking, threats

By Meghan Groff

Posted Jan 4, 2017 03:42:23 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

HALIFAX – The husband of Nova Scotia’s immigration minister has been reportedly charged with assault.

Halifax police say 58-year-old Maroun Diab was arrested early New Year’s Day after they received a call shortly before midnight from Immigration Minister Lena Diab’s family home on Houda Court in Halifax.

They say Maroun Diab was in Halifax provincial court Tuesday on charges of assault, overcoming resistance to commission of offence (choking) and three counts of uttering threats.

Global News reports Lena Diab and two youth were identified as alleged victims of the incident in provincial court on Tuesday

Police said they received a report of an “assault not in progress” at the home at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 31. A 51-year-old woman said she was assaulted by a man she knew, and that he left the house in a vehicle.

They said Maroun Diab was arrested about 35 minutes later in a traffic stop in the area of Quinpool Road and Armview Avenue.

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