• A real estate agent accused of buying two elderly clients’ home then on-selling it months later for a $725,000 profit has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges.

Former Papatoetoe-based Barfoot & Thompson agent Aaron Hughes was given bail and elected trial by jury when he made his first appearance in Auckland District Court this morning.

He was ordered not to associate with plaintiffs or witnesses and will reappear in court in December.

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Former Barfoot & Thompson agent Aaron Hughes has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges. Photo / Supplied