Tourist murder case accused remanded

Michael Scott Wallace, 44, the man accused of the kidnap and murder of German tourist Birgit Brauer, was yesterday remanded in custody to re-appear in the New Plymouth District Court for a deposition hearing starting on April 10.

Wallace also faced one charge of driving with excess blood alcohol on April 29 and one charge of driving with excess breath alcohol on August 19, a month before he allegedly killed Miss Brauer, 28. Judge Louis Bidois remanded Wallace in custody until February 9 on those charges.