Man falsely linked to bombing to stand trial in assault case
FITCHBURG, Mass. — A Massachusetts man falsely portrayed by a newspaper as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will stand trial on a sex assault charge.
The Sentinel & Enterprise reports (http://bit.ly/2h5eT4M ) a Fitchburg judge on Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss an indecent assault and battery charge in 20-year-old Salaheddin Barhoum’s case. The trial is set for Feb. 2.
Prosecutors say Barhoum assaulted a woman last year in his dorm room when he was a student at Fitchburg State University.