Teens admit assaulting schoolmate

File photo / Martin Sykes

Two Nelson teenagers have admitted viciously beating a 16-year-old schoolmate in an hour-long ordeal before ordering him to strip to his underpants and lie in a crucifixion position while they mocked and took photographs of him.

The victim lost consciousness during the attack at a Nelson school last month, in which he was punched, kicked, stomped on and beaten with pieces of timber, the Nelson Mail reported.

The two youths admitted charges of injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, aggravated robbery and kidnapping when they appeared in Nelson Youth Court on Friday.

The court was told that during the assault the offenders took the victim's ATM card and he offered to give them his pin number in an attempt to placate them.

After the beating, he was photographed naked and forced to wash the blood from his face in a puddle.

One of his assailants told two people who had watched the assault that if they told anyone about what had happened they would get the same.

The victim received medical treatment for severe bruising, and cuts and abrasions.

He initially refused to name his attackers to police for fear of a reprisal from them.

The two will reappear in court on June 22.

- NZPA