An alleged hitman accused of executing Stacey Klimovitch when she answered her front door in Stockton in 2021 and the alleged getaway driver have pleaded not guilty to murdering the 61-year-old grandmother and well-known swimming teacher and will face a trial in October after the alleged mastermind died in jail last month.
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, appeared in NSW Supreme Court on Friday.
