A man has denied murdering a woman who was found dead at a property in Stafford.
Staffordshire Police were called to Newport Road on July 29 to reports that a woman had died.
The victim was identified as 31-year-old Rebecca Simkin.
Appearing at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday, Wayne Bond, 44, pleaded not guilty to one count of murder.
Experts are still trying to determine Ms Simkin's cause of death, and a trial date set for the beginning of February may need to be moved back to June.
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