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Court date for Maple Ridge lawyer facing child pornography charges

David Andrew Riddell in court next week.
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David Andrew Riddell (THE NEWS/files)

The Maple Ridge lawyer who’s facing two child pornography charges has another court date scheduled in Port Coquitlam provincial court next week.

David Andrew Riddell, 47, has been charged with making child pornography on Aug. 17, 2016, according to an information filed in Port Coquitlam provincial court.

He’s also charged with possessing child pornography on Jan. 17, 2017, indicates the same document, filed last July.

The next court date is Wednesday, Jan. 23, when arraignment takes place and where either a plea of guilty or not guilty is entered.

Riddell had an office in Maple Ridge and a sub-office in Pitt Meadows, but is no longer practising law.

According to the Law Society of B.C., Riddell has voluntarily stopped practising law until the charges have been dealt with.