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A man died the day after a “family harm incident” at a Gordonton property on March 16, and police launched a homicide investigation.
A man has pleaded not guilty to a manslaughter charged laid almost a month after a fatal family harm incident. The 42-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in Hamilton District Court on Thursday by audiovisual link. The man who died was seriously injured in what police called a “family harm incident” at a Gordonton property on March 16, 2021. Police launched a homicide investigation after he died in hospital the next morning. When the defendant appeared on screen in court, his lawyer said he probably didn’t know about the latest charge, which the lawyers had only heard about the day before.