Pedophile McKenna gets judge-alone trial

Convicted pedophile Dennis McKenna, who is already in jail for sexual offending against boys when he was a hostel warden, will face further charges in a judge-alone trial.

McKenna is already behind bars for dozens of counts of sexual offending against teenage boys when he was the warden at St Andrew's Hostel in Katanning in Western Australia's south between 1975 and 1990.

Further allegations emerged last year, which he pleaded not guilty to.

On Monday, McKenna successfully applied in the District Court of WA to have his case decided by a judge alone.

He will next appear in court, via video link, for a trial listing hearing on Friday.