Trials set for men accused in 2010 Calgary beating death

Trial dates are now set for both men accused of beating 47-year-old Mark Mariani to death in a 16th Avenue parking lot in 2010.

It was decided on Friday in a Calgary courtroom that Tyler Sturrup will face a judge and jury in April 2013.Seven months later, the fate of his co-accused Robert Reitmeier will be decided in the same fashion a date that had been previously set.

Both men face second-degree murder charges.

Both Reitmeier and Sturrup have ties to a neo-nazi group, but police say that wasnt the motive for the crime, which they believe was a random act.

The two were arrested in June of 2011, eight months after Marianis death.

At the time of his death, police said they believed therewas a third attacker.

The arrests were made after a Crime Stoppers re-enactment and a plea to the public for help.