The 23-year-old who is charged with one count of murder if Victorian surfer Sean McKinnon will face trial in November 2020.
A trial will take place in November 2020 after the accused, who has been granted name suppression, finally proved fit to enter a plea.
He will face one count of murder, threatening to kill, robbery causing grievous bodily harm and driving while disqualified.The accused entered his plea through counsel Sheila Cameron, who also successfully applied for an extension of his name suppression due to his fragile mental health.
He was sleeping in his campervan alongside his fiancee, Canadian midwife Bianca Buckley, when he was shot several times.Ms Buckley fled through the bush on the outskirts of the North Island town of Raglan, seeking refuge in a farmhouse where she alerted authorities to her partner’s death. The alleged murderer was apprehended on the outskirts of Hamilton later that day, having driven the campervan for some time before abandoning it.
He has been remanded since then, and is due to appear in court in March for a call-over hearing, when the suppression order will be reviewed once more.
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