Sask. man says he recorded child changing to see if he was a pedophile

A 31-year-old father who was caught trying to record a nine-year-old child changing into a bathing suit at his cabin told police he was trying to find out if he was a pedophile. Earlier this month, a Saskatoon provincial courtroom heard how Scott Reiley had tried multiple times over a weekend in June 2024 to record the child, who was known to him. The child noticed a phone set up next to a plant in the room, deleted the video and eventually told their father what happened, Crown prosecutor Andrew Clements said.

Some details of the offence are being withheld to protect the child victim’s identity. The victim’s father asked Reiley’s wife to check his phone, which had three deleted videos. Two of them showed Reiley setting up the phone and testing the angles.



On the third video, he was heard telling the child to go to the room to change. The father confronted Reiley the next day and made a police report. Two nude images of girls between 10 and 13 years old were found when officers searched Reiley’s phone.

Court heard he told police his brain was “f — ed up” and his life was ruined. “The reason he took the video was he was worried he may be a pedophile and effectively wanted to see if he was,” Clements said, based on what Reiley told police. He pleaded guilty to making child pornography and was sentenced, as part of a joint submission, to a year in jail — the mandatory minimum sentence for the offence.

Court heard he has no prior criminal record. The victim’s father spoke in court, describing how his children now point out cameras everywhere they go, asking “Do you think they’re filming us?” “It absolutely crushes my heart every time I hear that. No child should have to live with the fear of being preyed on 24/7,” he said.

Defence lawyer Brian Pfefferle said Reiley has struggled with anxiety and panic attacks from his work in the mining industry, and started taking depression medication after losing a friend three years ago. “He isn’t sure if the combination of those factors, and also some medications, have caused him to really change his behaviour, because this comes out of left field from anybody in his life,” Pfefferle told court. He said his client didn’t know who to ask for help when he started having issues with impulse control.

“Unfortunately, it led to a very significant offence where there’s going to be consequences from the court and serious consequences to his family and those close to him,” Pfefferle said. Clements said the offence was planned and involved “a level of trust.” “This is a permanent scar you left on my kids,” the victim’s father said.

“Scott, your actions have not only stole my children’s peace, but shattered their sense of safety, trust and childhood innocence.” Judge Bruce Bauer imposed the one-year sentence, followed by a three-year probation order. During that time, Reiley cannot contact the victim or their family, must participate in sex offender treatment and counselling, and must allow police to search his electronic devices at any time.

He will also be on the national sex offender registry for 20 years..