HALIFAX - A judge has denied bail for a 23-year-old man charged with murdering a fellow student at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

Judge Jamie Campbell ruled Friday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court that William Sandeson will remain in jail while awaiting trial.

Sandeson is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Taylor Samson, and has been in court since Wednesday attempting to gain his release on bail.

Sandeson, who was enrolled in medical school at Dalhousie, was charged Aug. 20, four days after Samson was reported missing in Halifax.

Samson's mother has said outside court that police still haven't found her son's body.

A publication ban has been placed on evidence presented during the hearing.