N.S. police chief elects trial by judge alone on sex charges involving girl, 17
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. — A Nova Scotia police chief facing sex charges involving a 17-year-old girl has elected to have the case heard in Supreme Court by judge alone.
John Collyer of the Bridgewater police force will appear in provincial court next April for a preliminary hearing and — if he’s committed to stand trial — he will enter a plea once the matter lands in Supreme Court.
The case was briefly in Bridgewater provincial court Thursday.
The town’s police commission suspended Collyer on May 4 for 60 days with pay, the same day it was announced he was facing charges.