Albany murder trial set for next year

The alleged killer of a man whose body was found in bushland in Western Australia's far south will face a 20-day trial next year.

Danny Jay Brooks, aged in his mid-30s, was charged with murdering Mark Colbung, 31, in September last year after reports of blood-curdling screams and men fleeing a street in the Albany suburb of Yakamia led investigators to the victim.

Brooks will next appear in court on February 5.

The trial is set down to start in West Australian Supreme Court on June 8 next year.