Investigators during a week-long search of a Te Haroto property during the Alex Latimer disappearance and homicide inquiry in early October. Photo / File
Two men have today pleaded not guilty to a charge of murdering Napier man Alex Latimer eight weeks ago.
The pleas were entered by 24-year-old James Taylor Martin Webby, of Napier, and another man who has interim name suppression, when they appeared in a brief sitting of the High Court
in Napier.
Both were remanded in continued custody. One has been remanded to appear again on December 14 for consideration of a possible application for further name suppression, and both are expected to appear at a case review hearing in February.
But Justice Robert Dobson, sitting in Wellington, indicated a trial won't be held until September next year.
Latimer's body was found by police on October 5, during a search of a property alongside the Napier-Taupo road (State Highway 5).
