Man accused of pushing disabled wife into pond pleads not guilty to murder

An Adelaide man charged with the murder of his wheelchair-bound wife has been ordered to stand trial.

Peter Dansie appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court today where he pleaded not guilty to the drowning murder of his disabled wife Helen.

He was remanded on continuing bail to appear for arraignment in the Supreme Court on August 13.

Dansie, 68, was arrested in July last year, nearly three months after his wife Helen drowned when her wheelchair rolled into a pond at Veale Gardens in the Adelaide parklands.

At an earlier bail hearing, prosecutor Sarah Attar alleged the death of 67-year-old Ms Dansie was a planned and premeditated crime.

It is alleged that Dansie pushed his disabled wife into the pond.

The prosecutor said investigations by police had discounted much of what the dead woman's husband had told emergency services.

A magistrate initially refused bail but the decision was overturned in the Supreme Court and Dansie was released on strict home detention conditions, including

electronic monitoring.

With AAP.