Ian Parkes Tuesday 4 October 2022 13:48 Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has been informed he will have to wait until October next year for his fraud trial to take place. Ecclestone appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday charged with a single count of fraud by false representation between July 13, 2013, and October 5, 2016. In August, the 91-year-old entered a not guilty plea to allegations of fraud over a failure to declare £400million [$454m] in assets of a trust held in Singapore. During the court appearance on Tuesday, Judge Deborah Taylor fixed a trial date for October 9 next year. The trial is expected to last up to six weeks, which will take in Ecclestone's 93rd birthday....
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