A three-day committal hearing has been scheduled in May next year for the alleged murder of a 38-year-old Upper Ferntree Gully woman.
The accused man, 46-year-old Daniel Horanyi, appeared via video link to the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday 15 December.
Mr Horanyi has been charged with the murder of Zoe Walker, 38, who was found dead at a Seaby Avenue property in Upper Ferntree Gully on 11 August this year.
He was arrested at the scene, and at the recent committal it was requested that several witnesses be called forward for cross-examination on the nature of his character and the mental health of Ms Walker.
A three-day hearing was granted by the judge after submissions to further discuss the characters of both Ms Walker and Mr Horanyi.
Mr Horanyi will remain in custody until the committal next year on 6 May.
