Black plea hearing delayed until next week
The arraignment of former Telegraph owner Conrad Black on fraud charges has been delayed until next week.
A lawyer for the fallen media baron requested more time to determine who will represent him in court.
Black had been expected to appear before a Chicago judge today to face charges that he defrauded the Hollinger International publishing empire out of tens of millions of dollars.
Lead prosecutor Robert Kent agreed to postpone the arraignment until November 30.
Black was indicted on eight counts of mail and wire fraud last week. He has strongly denied the charges.
A warrant was issued for his arrest but prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald made it clear he expected the former Hollinger chief executive to appear voluntarily before the court for his arraignment.
The indictment warned that if he did not, extradition proceedings would be launched.
Mr Kent said today: “We have arrest warrants in our possession. Hopefully we will not need to execute them.”
