A man has appeared in court today charged with the manslaughter of Rotorua man Neville Butler.
Carlos Uerata, 26, from Otorohanga, made a brief appearance in the Rotorua District Court this morning via audio visual link before Judge Greg Hollister-Jones.
He is charged with causing the death of Butler on September 26 last year by assaulting him and thereby committing manslaughter.
![Neville Butler. Photo/file](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WJQKUZAKQK4QSUO3N55NZIDUI4.jpg?auth=ddfd4bac307a32c7ea26fca99e1240ba056c4a3d5a169349351b1abc83cac263&width=16&height=26&quality=70&smart=true)
Through his lawyer, Scott Mills, he did not enter a plea.