The two accused will fight the charges and head to trial in 12 months.
The two accused will fight the charges and head to trial in 12 months.
Two men accused of murdering a Te Kuiti father of six in the main street of Ōtorohanga will fight their charges.
The men, a 39-year-old labourer from the Thames-Coromandel district and a 30-year-old Hamilton man, are jointly charged with the murder of Anthony Takrouna Bell in Ōtorohanga on October 2.
The 30-year-old is also charged with assaulting a second victim using a hammer as a weapon.
They appeared via audiovisual link before Justice Graham Lang in the High Court at Hamilton where not guilty pleas were entered to all charges.
