AN ALLEGED hitman accused of executing Stacey Klimovitch when she answered her front door in Stockton last year and the alleged getaway driver have both pleaded not guilty to murdering the 61-year-old grandmother and well-known swimming teacher and will face a trial in NSW Supreme Court.
Accused hitman Jason Paul Hawkins, 47, of Canberra, and former high-ranking member of the Newcastle Nomads, 65-year-old Stephen John Garland, who detectives allege drove Mr Hawkins to and from Stockton on the night of Mrs Klimovitch's death, both appeared in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday.
