JUST IN | Former Steinhoff boss Markus Jooste to go on trial in Germany next year

A court in Germany has announced that the accounting fraud trial of former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste will start early next year. .

The Oldenberg regional court said in a media statement on Thursday that it had yet to secure a date for the case to begin, however. 

Last year Jooste, two former Steinhoff executives and a fourth accused, who was not employed at the retailer, were charged with balance sheet fraud carried out between July 2011 and January 2015. 

The case against two former Steinhoff executives, who are in living in Germany, is set to begin on 3 May next year.