Three of the men involved in the alleged murder of Tyron Beauchamp have returned to court.
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Taree's Darcy Dufty, Andrew Maxwell Tisdell and Austin Parrish appeared in the Port Macquarie Local Court on August 6.
The trio appeared before Magistrate Georgina Darcy.
Dufty, 26, of Milligan Street is charged with the alleged murder of Beauchamp some time between 2am on December 25, 2018 and 6.11am on December 27, 2018.
No pleas have been entered.
Bail was not applied for and was refused.
Dufty's matter was adjourned for committal in the same court on September 10, 2020.
Andrew Maxwell Tisdell, 24, of Wingham Road is also facing a murder charge.
Magistrate Darcy refused Tisdell bail and he remains in custody.
He will next appear in the Port Macquarie Local Court on August 20 for committal.
Tisdell is yet to enter any pleas.
Austin Parrish, 20, of Frances Street, is charged with being an accessory after the fact, hindering the discovery of evidence to a serious indictable offence and concealing a serious indictable offence.
Parrish remains on bail and no pleas have been entered.
The matter against Parrish was adjourned to the same court on August 20, 2020.
The body of 41-year-old Beauchamp was found alight by Rural Fire Service volunteers in the Yarrat State Forest, just west of Taree on December 27, 2018.
A post mortem examination revealed Mr Beauchamp had been seriously assaulted before his body was taken to the area and set on fire.
Police allege the victim's hands and teeth had been removed before being set alight in an attempt to cover up his murder.
A fourth man, Michael Bennett, 44, Wynter Street remains on bail.
Bennett is charged with being an accessory after the fact in the alleged murder; cause grievous bodily harm with intent and concealing a serious indictable offence.
Bennett will be sentenced in the Taree District Court on August 17 before Judge R Tupman.
A suppression order on the reporting of a fifth man charged in relation to the alleged murder of Beauchamp is in place.
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