Source: Radio New Zealand
Police guard at the scene of the Bucklands beach double homicide fire. RNZ / Finn Blackwell
A man charged with murdering a father and son who died in an Auckland house fire has pleaded not guilty.
The bodies of 36-year-old Jung Sup Lee and 11-year-old Ha-il Lee were found inside a Bucklands Beach home last month.
The 38-year-old man charged with their murders pleaded not guilty to both charges at the High Court in Auckland on Wednesday.
Justice Mathew Downs granted him interim name suppression until next Tuesday.
The man would be remanded in custody until his February 2027 trial, unless granted bail, he said.
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