A man charged with the murder of his wife and CEO of the Unit Trust of Samoa has been denied bail for the second time.
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The accused, Kolani Lam, is appealing a Supreme Court ruling which had rejected his application for a judge only trial.
The defence lawyer applied for bail so that Lam could be released while awaiting the appeal hearing in October.
But the acting chief justice, Vui Clarence Nelson, denied the application.
The trial in Samoa of a man accused of killing his wife who was a former government CEO will be heard in the Supreme Court next month, before a panel of assessors.
The man accused of murdering his wife Sa'u Justina Sa'u, who was the chief executive of the Unit Trust of Samoa, has had his bail application denied by the Supreme Coiurt.
A lawyer representing a 38-year-old man in Samoa, who is charged with his wife's murder, has applied to release the accused on bail.
The husband of Sa'u Justina Sa'u, the late chief executive of the Unit Trust of Samoa, has been arrested and charged with her murder.
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