Murder trial date set for Xue

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IN CUSTODY: Nai Yin Xue in a police photograph taken after his arrest.

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DOMESTIC TRAGEDY: Sources close to the An An Liu (pictured here with her daughter Qian Xun Xue) case say she was pregnant at the time of her murder, police have refused to comment.

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The Asian man accused of murdering his wife before fleeing to Australia and dumping his three-year-old daughter at a Melbourne railway station will stand trial next year.

Nai Yin Xue, 55, is charged with murdering his wife An An Liu, 27, in Auckland in September last year.

Her body was found in the boot of the family car outside their home in Mt Roskill on September 19, four days after Xue allegedly abandoned his daughter Qian Xun Xue in Melbourne.

He then flew to America but was caught and extradited after an international police alert.

He was committed for trial following a depositions hearing in Auckland District last month and today in the High Court in Auckland a trial date of June 2 next year was set.

The trial is expected to take three weeks.

- NZPA