John Collins via video link. Photos: ODTA man has denied a charge of murder but admitted unlawfully taking the victim's car. John Kenneth Collins (37) appeared before the High Court at Dunedin this morning, by audio-visual link from prison, in front of Justice Gerald Nation. He entered a not guilty plea to the murder of Brent Andrew Bacon whose body was found at a rural location north of Waitati on February 18, the day after police converged on a crime scene at Lock St, St Clair. Collins admitted taking Mr Bacon's dark blue Toyota people mover on February 5.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 25, 2019 20:48 UTC