Wallace to stand trial for murdering tourist

Michael Scott Wallace, who is accused of murdering German tourist Birgit Brauer, was today committed for trial in the High Court at New Plymouth.

At the end of a depositions hearing before two Justices of the Peace in New Plymouth District Court, Wallace's counsel Susan Hughes conceded a prima facie case had been established.

Wallace, 44, is charged with the kidnap and murder of 28-year-old Ms Brauer on September 20 last year.

Her body was found beaten and stabbed at Lucy's Gully, near Oakura, southwest of New Plymouth.

- NZPA