Pay pleads not guilty

Wellington: A man charged with murder after a fatal fight in the Lower Hutt suburb of Taita has pleaded not guilty in court.

Warren Pay appeared via AVL link in the High Court at Wellington yesterday. The 51yearold was arrested in Hastings after the death of Faapaia Fonoilaepa (29), who died of a single stab wound in September.

Pay has also pleaded not guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and a knife. He has been remanded in custody until April when he will next appear in court.

A trial date has been set down for October.