A Kaleen man will stand trial over the alleged murder of Andrew Carville, whose body was found, weeks after he vanished, in Canberra's west last November.
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Milan Urlich, 28, is alleged to have strangled Mr Carville to death at his Evatt home before dumping his body in a dry creek bed on Defence land at Majura.
Mr Carville's badly decomposed remains were uncovered during a police search on November 19. Friends had reported the 52-year-old missing more than two weeks earlier.
In the ACT Magistrates Court, Urlich has pleaded not guilty to murder and interfering with a dead body.
He appeared in court again on Thursday, when Magistrate Karen Fryar committed him to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court.
His matter will come before the higher court for directions later this month.
Urlich has also pleaded not guilty to charges of affray and resisting a public official arising from a separate incident in March. Those matters were adjourned for a few weeks.
Earlier, his co-accused, Marc Urlich, 44, was in court on charges of being an accessory after the fact to murder and interfering with a dead body.
It's alleged he helped his younger brother move Mr Carville's body.
He has pleaded not guilty to both charges and is on bail, living in Victoria.
The court heard Marc Urlich's case would return to court for a contested committal hearing in January.
Police facts previously tendered in court alleged Mr Carville was killed at his Evatt house on the night of November 4 after Milan Urlich went to the property to help a friend move.
Milan Urlich allegedly wrapped Mr Carville's body in a rug and placed it in the back of his ute before he drove to Majura.
He crashed the ute through gates and fences before a flat tyre caused him to come to a stop in a paddock, court documents said.
Police will allege the brothers later returned and moved Mr Carville's body into the creek bed before dumping the ute at Molonglo Gorge.
The ute was found on November 14 and police questioned Milan Urlich over Mr Carville's disappearance the next day.
An autopsy showed Mr Carville suffered rib fractures and died of strangulation. A knife was allegedly found tucked into his jeans.
