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Teen admits part in muggings
A 17-year-old has admitted being part of a five-strong group attack in which men were robbed of their cellphones, wallets, and a watch.
Semisi Lopeti Poleiku, who is from Tonga, pleaded guilty to two aggravated robberies committed on September 22 in the streets of Riccarton.
In the Christchurch District Court held at Nga Hau e Wha marae today, Judge Jane Farish remanded Poleiku on bail to April 4. She ordered a pre-sentence report and an updated victim impact report for the sentencing.
A co-offender, Malachi Shaune Thomas Brocket, 17, was sentenced on January 18 and received six months community detention, supervision, and 200 hours of community work.
The judge at that sentencing said there had been ?a nasty group attack? on a victim, and thuggish attacks on three young victims.
Poleiku was charged with two of the related robberies.
