Man pleads not guilty to WA boy's murder

A Perth man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a two-year-old boy in December 2012.

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A man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a two-year-old boy in Perth in 2012. (AAP)

A 24-year-old man will stand trial on a charge of murdering a two-year-old boy in Perth.

Wayne Murray Narkle appeared in the Stirling Gardens Magistrates court via video link from prison on Wednesday where he pleaded not guilty to the murder.

He is alleged to have killed the boy at a home in Bassendean in December 2012.

Narkle was remanded in custody until his next court appearance in the West Australian Supreme Court on April 14.


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