Pair deny murdering woman whose body was found in burning car in Sunderland
Stephen Unwin, 39, of St Oswald's Terrace, Houghton, and William McFall, 50, of Waterloo Road, Blackpool, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court for a brief hearing.
They denied murdering Quyen Ngoc Nguyen, 29, a mother-of-one from Killingworth, north of Newcastle, whose body was found in a burning car by allotments close to Success Road, in Shiney Row, on August 15.
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Unwin entered a formal not guilty plea and when the charge was put to McFall he replied in a clear voice: "Most certainly not guilty."
A trial lasting four weeks will begin on February 20.
Judge Paul Sloan remanded them both in custody at the end of Friday's hearing.