An Auckland man has denied murdering a baby during New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown.
The 21-year-old appeared in the High Court today after Counties Manukau police charged him with murder last month.
Detective Inspector Shaun Vickers has earlier said the 3-month-old child died on April 13 at Middlemore Hospital after allegedly being assaulted at a Papatoetoe house.
The accused killer's lawyer, Marie Dyhrberg QC, entered a not guilty plea today on her client's behalf today.