A 62-year-old man charged in relation to the death of his 78-year-old neighbour who attacked him with a crowbar will go to trial.
Emanu Toafiga is charged with the manslaughter of Leslie Otto, who died nine days after being admitted to hospital in April this year.
Toafiga appeared at the High Court at Auckland this morning where his lawyer Steve Cullen told the court that his client was pleading not guilty to the charge.
Mr Cullen has earlier told the court that Toafiga was attacked from behind by Mr Otto who had a crowbar.
He said Toafiga took the crowbar off Mr Otto before allegedly striking the elderly man.