The mode of trial will be elected on March 4 for the sex offence charges laid on a Summerland businessmen.
Joshua James Roberts is facing charges of sexual exploitation, invitation to touching, possession of child pornography, child luring via the internet and assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm.
The charges were laid on Roberts on Dec. 10 following a complaint made to the Summerland RCMP in October, 2014.
The incidents allegedly occurred between March 1, 2011 and Sept. 1 2013 involving a person under the age of 18. The identity of the minor is under a publication ban.
Roberts was released on a recognizance since his appearance in Penticton provincial court Dec. 10. He was released under the condition that he will not possess any electronic devices for communication and cannot be in the company of anyone under the age of 18 without supervision.