Waqas Parvez, 27, and Muhammad Parvez, 57, are both facing murder charges in the case. They made a brief court appearance last Thursday and were told to return to court Sept. 5 for a preliminary hearing that will determine if the Crown has enough evidence against them to warrant a trial.
Both were originally scheduled to begin their preliminary hearing Dec. 17, but the date was pushed up at last week's court appearance.
The preliminary hearing is expected to last at least a week. Evidence given during the hearing will be under a publication ban.
The father and son are each charged with first-degree murder in the death of Aqsa Parvez, a Grade 11 student at Applewood Heights Secondary School.
The father was initially facing a charge of second-degree murder in the death of his daughter, but Peel Regional Police and Peel's Crown Attorney decided earlier this summer to upgrade the charge.
The brother was initially charged with obstructing justice. But, Peel police laid the more serious charge last month ago after receiving further information from family members.
A first-degree murder charge alleges Parvez's death was deliberate and pre-meditated.
Last Dec. 10, Aqsa Parvez was rushed from her family's Longhorn Trail home to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto with life-threatening injuries. She died later that night.
An autopsy revealed she was strangled, police said.
The high-profile case garnered international attention. Friends of the slain teen said she feared for her life and had been threatened by family members over a religious dispute in the weeks prior to her death.
The Parvez family came to Mississauga from Pakistan.
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