Rayney to face trial for phone tapping

Former Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney will stand trial next year accused of bugging his wife's phone before her death.

Rayney is charged with two counts of unlawfully intercepting Corryn Rayney's phone before her disappearance in August 2007.

On Friday, a 20-day trial was scheduled for June in the Perth District Court.

Ms Rayney, a former Supreme Court registrar, went missing on August 7, 2007 after her weekly bootscooting class and her body was found days later in a bush grave at Kings Park.

Rayney recently called for a cold case investigation into the mother-of-two's death.