MINISTER’S HUSBAND FOUND NOT CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE IN ATTACK

The husband of Nova Scotia’s immigration minister is undergoing a 45-day psychiatric assessment after being declared not criminally responsible for allegedly assaulting, threatening and choking his wife on New Year’s Eve. Chris Hansen of the Public Prosecution Service said Friday that Maroun Diab was deemed not criminally responsible after undergoing an earlier psychiatric evaluation. The results of the current assessment will be provided to the Criminal Review Board, which will decide how to proceed, she said. Diab had been released on a series of conditions in January, including one prohibiting him from having any contact with his wife, Lena Diab, and two other people. He also faced two counts of threatening two other people. Lena Diab was named to the immigration portfolio in 2015.