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Kenny Green pleads not guilty to murder

Kenny Green has pleaded not guilty to the second-degree murder of Joey Whalen in St. John's. Green is alleged to have beaten Whalen in March 2013 in what was a known drug house on Tessier Place.

Tessier Place suspect accused of killing Joey Whalen last March

Kenny Green is alleged to have beaten Joey Whalen to death in March 2013.

Kenny Green, 35, has pleaded not guilty to the second-degree murder of Joey Whalen, 47, in St. John's.

Green is alleged to have beaten Whalen in March 2013 in what neighbours described as a drug house on Tessier Place, in the city's downtown.

The accused was denied bail, but has a review scheduled this Thursday.

Green — along with another man — was recently found not guilty of conspiring to escape from the Waterford Hospital.