Murder accused enters not guilty plea

Police at the scene of an incident in Te Aroha, eastern Waikato. Photo: Stuff.

The man charged with the murder of a woman in Cambridge last month can now be named.

Name suppression lapsed and was not renewed for Aaron Nicholas Wilson, 42, when he appeared for callover in the High Court in Hamilton on Tuesday morning.

Wilson is charged with the murder of Betty Maree Paparoa in Cambridge on August 8.

He was arrested in Te Aroha later the same day, following a manhunt.

Shouting and swearing broke out in the courtroom's packed public gallery during Wilson's appearance. Some of those present had to be escorted from the courtroom by court security guards.

Through his counsel Ann-Marie Beveridge, he entered a not guilty plea to the charge. Justice Graham Lang allocated him a trial date starting on November 27 next year, to run for two weeks.

Police charging documents state Wilson is of 'unknown” abode.

Since his initial appearance in the Hamilton District Court the day after his arrest Wilson has had a change of counsel, after initially being represented by James Buckle.

In the intervening time Wilson had also undergone a psychological assessment at Waikato Hospital and had been deemed fit to stand trial.

Wilson was remanded in custody until his next callover appearance on October 4.

Emergency services were first alerted to the incident at about 1.20am on Monday, August 8, when they were called to a Richmond St, Cambridge, home and found a woman dead.

Wilson was arrested in Te Aroha just after 1.30pm the same day.

-Mike Mather/Stuff.

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