A 35-year-old Auckland man has been committed for trial for the murder of a baby.
The man, who has been granted interim name suppression, conceded in Auckland District Court yesterday that he had a case to answer to a charge of murdering 16-month-old Sachin Dhani in June last year.
He pleaded not guilty and was remanded on bail to await trial at the High Court on June 25.
Sachin, from Mt Wellington, Auckland, was found badly injured 13km southeast of downtown Auckland after police stopped a car being driven erratically on June 19.
A post mortem examination showed the boy died from blunt-force trauma to the head.