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Frank Stronach, a 94-year-old Canadian auto parts tycoon, faces sentencing for indecent assault after being found guilty in June. Prosecutors are appealing the judge’s decision to declare a mistrial on his sexual assault conviction following new evidence from emails that contradicted testimony given during the trial. The appeal argues for restoring the guilty verdict and rescheduling the case for sentencing. Stronach previously faced multiple charges spanning decades, but only two convictions remain after several were withdrawn or deemed unreliable by the court.
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Canadian businessman Frank Stronach, aged 94, faces a sentencing hearing in Toronto for an indecent assault conviction. Initially charged with 12 counts of sexual assault from incidents spanning 1977 to 1990, he was found guilty of two charges: indecent assault and another charge that prosecutors later dropped. The trial involved seven complainants who testified about alleged sexual offences committed by Stronach, including one incident where a woman said she was bent over a chair and her skirt was lifted in an attempt to rape her.
Justice Anne Molloy granted a rare post-verdict mistrial on the sexual assault conviction due to inconsistent emails from a lawyer in a separate civil case. The Crown is appealing this decision, arguing that Stronach’s guilty verdict for the sexual assault charge should be reinstated and sent back to court for sentencing. This hearing comes despite ongoing legal challenges over the judge's declaration of mistrial on one of the convictions.
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A sentencing hearing is scheduled Thufor Canadian auto parts mogul Frank Stronach on the historical offence of indecent assault.
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The hearing is set to take place even as prosecutors are challenging the judge’s decision to declare a rare post-verdict mistrial on Stronach’s sexual assault conviction.
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prosecutors → set → conviction
Stronach, who is 94, was found guilty in June of both charges, which relate to separate allegations brought by two of the women in his Toronto criminal trial.
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which → find → trial
Weeks later, Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy granted the mistrial on the sexual assault conviction after emails from the complainant’s lawyer in a separate civil case were presented in court.
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emails → grant → court
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Stronach’s lawyer argued those emails told a story that was inconsistent with the woman’s testimony in the criminal trial.
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that → get → trial
At the time, Leora Shemesh told The Canadian Press that the court did not hear from the complainant before the judge made her decision.
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judge → tell → decision
The Crown’s appeal argues the guilty verdict on the sexual assault charge should be restored and the case sent back to Superior Court for sentencing.
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case → argue → sentencing
The billionaire businessman initially faced 12 charges related to allegations brought by seven complainants and dating as far back as the late 1970s.
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The Crown later withdrew one charge and agreed Stronach should be found not guilty on four more.
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Soon after, Molloy said she couldn’t convict Stronach on two charges related to one complainant whose evidence she deemed unreliable.
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Five charges related to three complainants remained, and Stronach was found guilty of two, until the mistrial was granted.
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mistrial → relate → two
He is set to stand trial before a jury in Newmarket, Ont., next year in a sexual assault case involving six complainants.
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