A 23-year old man charged with the murder of a Tairua man on the Coromandel earlier this month has pleaded not guilty.
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Name suppression has been lifted for Adrian Philips who appeared in the High Court in Hamilton this morning.
Philips is accused of killing 20-year old Bayden Williams.
He entered a plea of not guilty to murder and to the unlawful possession of a firearm.
The body of Mr Williams was discovered on the Kopu-Hikuai Road.
The trial has been set down for August next year.