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Starting Monday, a former Saskatoon nightclub owner previously convicted of sexual assault will get his chance at another trial after his conviction was overturned last year.

The re-trial for Skipp Edward Anderson, 42, is scheduled to begin Monday in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench.

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Following a jury trial in 2018, Anderson was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old man after a hot tub party in July 2016. He argued the sex was consensual, while the man testified he was too intoxicated to consent.

On the same day Justice Ronald Mills sentenced him to 30 months in prison, Anderson appealed the conviction. He was released from custody on several conditions, including surrendering his passport, less than a month later.

Last March, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal granted Anderson a new trial.

The appeal judges found the trial judge erred by not adequately telling the jury to disregard a Crown witness’s testimony that Anderson had committed a prior sexual assault.