Richmond premiership player Marlion Pickett will face trial in relation to alleged commercial burglaries totalling more than $350,000 over the Christmas period of 2022-23 after pleading not guilty in a Perth court on Thursday.
According to reports, the footballer's legal representation entered the plea on his behalf a week on from signalling their intent outside of court.
In June last year, Pickett, 32, was remanded in Perth following a Tigers visit to Optus Stadium to face Fremantle.
Pickett is reportedly facing 12 charges - including stealing, criminal damage to a property and aggravated burglary, with Police alleging he and five co-accused were involved in a string of burglaries across a number of the city's suburbs and the remote towns of Beverley and Bindoon between December 3 and January 3 last summer.
It's alleged $325,000 was taken from a currency exchange in Girrawheen in one incident.
It has also been alleged a campervan tied to the crimes was rented under Pickett's name, and that two separate payments of $6000 and $9000 were received to his bank account.
Pickett is understood to have granted special bail conditions allowing him to play out the current AFL season.
His case is reportedly set to appear in the WA District Court on October 1 for a hearing.
