Robert Miller: judge to set trial date in February in Montreal billionaire’s sex crimes case [Video]

A judge has adjourned the criminal case against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller after he was recently charged with new sexual offences involving a minor.

Following a hearing on Thursday, Miller’s lawyers and the Crown prosecutor are expected to return to court in February to set a date for a trial.

The 81-year-old was arrested in May on 21 sex-related charges involving 10 complainants. On Thursday, he was arraigned on three additional counts of sexual interference, sexual exploitation and procuring sexual services from a girl who was under 14 at the time of the alleged events.

According to his doctor, he is in the final stage of Parkinson’s disease but the court heard his health won’t be a factor in the prosecution’s case, which alleged he had sex with 11 underage girls between 1994 and 2016.

“The job of a Crown prosecutor is to take decisions in the public interest. So, …