The person accused of murdering nine-year-old Charlise Mutten and dumping her physique in a barrel has been dedicated to face trial.
Justin Laurens Stein, 32, pleaded not responsible on Friday to home violence-related homicide and improperly interfering with a corpse.
Charlise, the daughter of Stein's then-fiancee, was allegedly killed on his household's multimillion-dollar Blue Mountains property days earlier than she was reported lacking on January 14 final 12 months.
A five-day search of bushland ended along with her physique being discovered within the barrel that had been dumped close to the Colo River northwest of Sydney.
Police later stated an post-mortem discovered she had died of a gunshot wound.
Charlise's mom Kallista is just not accused of any wrongdoing in relation to her dying.
Stein appeared in Penrith Native Courtroom by video-link to enter the not responsible pleas to fees of homicide and interfering with a corpse, and was dedicated to face trial within the NSW Supreme Courtroom.
He faces arraignment in that court docket on July 7.
He additionally pleaded not responsible to 2 fees of possessing youngster abuse materials and was dedicated to face trial within the District Courtroom on these fees.
His lawyer Peter Katsoolis informed AAP that Stein would "vigorously defend" each instances.
Katsoolis stated firearm-related fees and one cost of break and enter in opposition to Stein have been nonetheless topic to negotiation within the native court docket.
He stays in custody after bail was refused.
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