An 82-year-old man who has been accused of a vicious 1994 sexual assault in Kingston, and who has already spent over 30 months in custody, will face trial. Article content

Justice Peter Tetley ordered the committal to trial of Lawrence Serson following a preliminary hearing last month. Serson has been in custody since his arrest in January 2023. The preliminary hearing, which took place over five days — July 15, 16,17, 25, and 31, 2025 — in the Ontario Court of Justice at 279 Wellington Street, saw Serson plead guilty to one charge of uttering a death threat. Article content

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Serson is a short, angular, elderly man with a white beard and white hair. He appeared in court one day wearing a black and red hoodie with overalls, and other times a black and

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