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The estranged husband of missing Connecticut mom Jennifer Dulos pleaded not guilty Thursday to a new charge of tampering with evidence.

Fotis Dulos made a brief appearance in Connecticut Superior Court following his rearrest last week in connection with Jennifer’s disappearance.

“We would like to enter a not guilty plea,” his lawyer, Norm Pattis, told Judge Kevin Randolph.

The new charge involves allegations that Jennifer’s body was in a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck driven by Fotis — that later tested positive for DNA.

Police said they believed Fotis was “lying in wait” for his estranged wife at her home in New Canaan on May 24, the last day she was seen alive. They said bloodstains were found on the floor inside her home and garage and believe the 50-year-old mom was the victim of a “serious physical assault.”

Pattis blasted the added charge to Randolph.

“We had an opportunity to read the warrant and nothing places Mr. Dulos in the car, other than the state’s belief,” he said in court.

Fotis and his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, were initially charged in June with tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution. The two were rearrested on a new count of evidence tampering last week.

Police have said Fotis and Troconis were spotted on surveillance video dumping numerous garbage bags containing items soaked with Jennifer’s blood.

Fotis and Jennifer were locked in a nasty divorce battle when she went missing. The former couple was also warring over custody of their five children, who are now in the care of Jennifer’s mother, Gloria Farber.

Asked about the new count, Pattis maintained his client’s innocence and vowed to fight the charge.

“Here’s our message to the state of Connecticut:

Mr Dulos is not guilty,” he told reporters outside the courthouse. “When you’re ready to try a case by appropriate evidentiary standards in a court of law, you’ll know where to find it. We have three words for the state: ‘Bring it on.'”