Victorian man to stand trial over wife's murder

A Victorian man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his former wife at her Phillip Island home last year.

Adrian Basham, 42, was today committed to stand trial over the death of Samantha Fraser on July 23.

Ms Fraser's body was found by police in the garage of her Cowes home after she failed to collect her children from school.

She had separated from Basham a year earlier.

Magistrate Ann Collins heard the evidence against Basham in a committal hearing at the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court at Morwell over four days last week before finding it was sufficient for him to face trial.

Basham is due to face the Supreme Court in Melbourne on November 6.