Social media influencer Andrew Tate will go on trial in the United Kingdom in January 2027, announces a legal representative of the claimants following a preliminary hearing in London's Royal Courts of Justice. "We would obviously have liked to have had the trial sooner but the important thing is it is going to trial and justice will be done, one way or another" says Matthew Jury, representing the four women suing the self-described misogynist over claims of rape, sexual assault, pointing a gun at a woman's face and coercive behaviour. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES