Supplied Brandon Jarden, 23, appeared in court on Wednesday pleading not guilty to six of the charges he faces and electing trial by jury. He entered no pleas on three others. A man arrested after a firearms incident that sparked a large armed police response in Christchurch a fortnight ago has elected to go to trial on six charges while not entering pleas for three others. Brandon Jarden, 23, appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to six of the charges he faces, electing trial by jury. He has denied charges of assault, threatening to kill, unlawful possession of a pistol, presenting a pistol, and conspiring to supply methamphetamine,