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Published on: 9/19/2007
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Wendell Willick, 47, changed his plea and admitted he touched the teenager with his hands and penis over a three-year period between January 1996 and November 1999.He will be sentenced Oct. 5.
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Willick also resigned this week as CEO of Point 2 Technologies, a Saskatoon-based Internet commerce software company for Realtors and heavy equipment sellers.Willick, his brother and a group of private investors founded the company in 1996 and it has since grown to employ about 100 people here and in Vancouver, said company spokesperson Roger Novjeim.
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Willick submitted his resignation last week and the company's board accepted it at a meeting Tuesday, Novjeim said.
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"Mr. Willick and the board wanted to separate his personal matter from the company," he said.
Willick pleaded guilty after Justice Martin Popescul rejected his application earlier this week to have the charge stayed.
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Willick was allowed to remain free pending sentencing, but was ordered to turn over his passport.
He was originally also charged with sexual assault, but was committed to stand trial only on the sexual exploitation charge following a preliminary hearing in 2005.