A former North Thompson valley resident has elected a trial by judge alone in B.C. Supreme Court as he faces child-pornography charges.
Brett Rodney Wise faces two counts each of sexual touching of a person under 14, sexual touching of a person under 16 and making child pornography, as well as three counts of distributing child pornography.
A date has not been set for the trial.
Wise has opted out of a preliminary hearing and remains in custody pending the trial.
Court documents allege Wise, 55, sexually assaulted two girls in the Clearwater and Barriere areas between September 2003 and February 2014.
He is also alleged to have made child pornography in two locations — New Westminster and Barriere.
The charges of distributing child pornography stem from an alleged incident on April 30, 2013, in Port Coquitlam and three alleged incidents in Prince George, ranging in time between Sept. 10, 2013, and Jan. 11 of this year.
Wise was jailed for two-and-a-half years in 1996 after a Chilliwack judge found him guilty of invitation to sexual touching of a person under 14.
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