A builder accused of assaulting cricketer Jesse Ryder outside a Christchurch bar last year has lost a legal bid to have charges against him thrown out.
The 38-year-old Canterbury man, who has name suppression, will now stand trial later in the year.
He was charged with assault and injuring withreckless disregard for safety after the incident outside a Merivale bar last March.
Ryder, who had been out socialising with his now former Wellington Firebirds teammates, spent several days in a coma after the incident.
Jonathan Eaton QC, acting for the accused, applied for a stay of proceedings at Christchurch District Court in February this year.
