Christopher Allen Bell pleads not guilty as he is committed to stand trial for the murder of his partner and aspiring dental nurse Natalina Angok, whose body was found in Melbourne's Chinatown in April.
Christopher Allen Bell has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his partner and aspiring dental nurse Natalina Angok, who was found dead in Chinatown in Melbourne's CBD in April.Christopher Allen Bell will stand trial for Ms Angok's murder in the Supreme Court next year
The Melbourne Magistrates' Court heard Mr Bell and Ms Angok attended several venues together on the night Ms Angok diedMr Bell will stand trial in the Supreme Court on one count of murdering Ms Angok, after being committed in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Monday. During the hearing, Detective Senior Constable Sean Campbell told the court CCTV footage showed the couple interacting with patrons in several venuesBut police were unable to identify and speak to anyone in the footage.
Two employees of the Exford Hotel in Melbourne's CBD gave evidence that Mr Bell tried to steal a bottle of wine from the pub's bottle shop on the night Ms Angok was killed. "My belief was that he wanted to fight us and he invited us to go down the road," pub worker Keagan Downey said.
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