Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who faces multiple sex assault charges, is opting for a preliminary inquiry and a jury trial in his Toronto case.Stronach speaks at his final AGM in Markham, Ont. on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.Photo by Frank Gunn/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Frank Stronach chooses jury trial in Toronto sexual assault case

Lawyer says 92-year-old business tycoon will proceed with preliminary inquiry

· National Post

Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who faces multiple sex assault charges, is opting for a preliminary inquiry and a jury trial in his Toronto case.

In a brief hearing today, Stronach’s lawyer indicated the 92-year-old tycoon will proceed with a preliminary inquiry on whichever counts are eligible and a jury trial in Superior Court for the others.

Court is set to hear which counts are eligible for a preliminary inquiry at a hearing next Friday, when it’s also expected lawyers will confirm a date for trial.

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