A Northlander has admitted carrying out a violent home invasion and assaulting the occupant in retribution for perceived past grievances.
Raymond Robert Gilmour, 21, pleaded guilty to a swag of charges before the start of his jury trial in the Whangarei District Court last week.
The charges include kidnapping, injuring with intend to injure, intimidation, possession of a firearm, disguising for burglary, and burglary.
Gilmour and Dillyn Nicholson broke into a Ruawai home about 12.30am on August 15, 2015, assaulted the 51-year-old occupant while he was sleeping, bound his legs with duct tape and threatened to kill him.
In June, Nicholson was sent to jail for four years and four months for his part in the attack.