
Ponoka man ordered to stand trial in alleged human trafficking and sexual assault case
A Ponoka man accused of human trafficking and sexual assault has been ordered to stand trial.
Christopher Becks, 37, was ordered to stand trial on Sept. 28, 2023, in Edmonton Court of Justice following a preliminary hearing. A trial date(s), however, have yet to be set.
Becks was ordered to stand trial on counts of trafficking in persons, material benefit, advertise sexual services, sexual assault, overcoming resistance to commission of an offence, and threats causing death. A charge of procuring was withdrawn.
It was in October 2022, when ALERT Human Trafficking received information that a man was targeting vulnerable women, many with no fixed address, in the Edmonton area.