The trio pleaded guilty to lesser charges of robbery and assault with a weapon. Image / Google maps
Three people accused of robbing, threatening, assaulting and unlawfully detaining a group of friends have avoided a re-trial after a last-minute plea change.
Troy Mudford, 21, of Hamilton, Shannon Jenifer Avery, 39, of Brightwater in Nelson, and Maxine Danielle McWaters, 30, of Matamata, were on trial in the High Court
at Hamilton in April defending four charges of aggravated robbery relating to the alleged theft of wallets, cellphones and clothing.
They also each faced four charges of kidnapping, while Avery faced an additional charge of assault using a knife as a weapon.
Mudford faces two additional charges of assault using a hammer as a weapon, threatening to kill, injuring with intent to injure, and demands with menaces property belonging to another victim with intent to steal it.
