15-year-old denies former schoolmate's murder

A 15-year-old Kerikeri boy has denied the murder and indecent assault of his ex-schoolmate Liberty Templeman last year.

Liberty, known as Libby, was found dead beside Kerikeri's Wairoa Stream on December 12 last year after disappearing on the way to meet a boyfriend. She was aged 15.

The teenager charged with her murder appeared in the Kaikohe District Court this afternoon. His name is suppressed due to Youth Court regulations.

He was remanded to a youth facility in Auckland and is to reappear in the Whangarei High Court in June for a trial callover.