Photo: ODTA Dunedin doctor accused of killing a teenage girl is in court to hear lengthy legal arguments about his case. Venod Skantha (31) has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush, who was found dead in her Corstorphine home on February 2 last year. Today in the High Court at Dunedin two days of pre-trial arguments began and the defendant – dressed smartly in a pink shirt and dress pants - sat flanked by Corrections officers behind his counsel Jonathan Eaton QC. The most recent development in the case came last month when the judge rejected an application to have the trial held outside Dunedin. He has twice been declined electronically-monitored bail by the High Court and that decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal in a ruling made in September.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 26, 2019 21:45 UTC