Guilty plea over NSW Hunter River murder
AAP
A NSW man has formally pleaded guilty to murdering a young woman whose body was found dumped on the banks of a river in the Hunter region.
The body of 23-year-old Clare Weston was discovered lying by the Hunter River at Aberglasslyn on a Sunday morning in March last year.
On Friday, George Robert Ballantyne, from Greta near Maitland, formally admitted to the murder in the NSW Supreme Court.
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"I plead guilty, your honour," Ballantyne, 31, told the court during a brief arraignment.
He will face a sentencing hearing on August 22.
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