Halifax-based sailor found guilty of sexual assault, sentenced to 22 months
HALIFAX — A Halifax-based sailor has been handed a 22-month jail sentence and has been dismissed from the navy after a military judge found him guilty of sexually assaulting a subordinate.
In a verdict rendered Monday, military Judge Cmdr. Sandra Sukstorf also found Master Seaman Daniel Cooper guilty of ill treatment of a subordinate.
Sukstorf said there were inconsistencies in Cooper’s testimony during the trial and in a statement given to military police that were at odds with the evidence in the case.
“I do not believe his version of events,” said Sukstorf. “I do not find the accused credible on the issue of consent.”